back to article EMC learns object lesson in accuracy after ViPR death goof

An EMC blog saying ViPR Object and HDFS data services have removed from ViPR 2.2 was wrong, and has been corrected in an updated version of the source blog. EMC spokesperson Kevin Kempskie told us: "We have to take the blame on the inaccuracies. The blog you read on EMC.com – which has since been updated – made a blanket …

  1. LarryF

    Clear as Mud

    This is the most confusing clarification since #DeflateGate.

    ViPR Controller 2.2 does not support ViPR Data Services components...But to use ViPR Data Services on file arrays, you must be running ViPR Controller version 2.1.x, with a ViPR Data Services package.

    Where is the Virtual Geek when you need him?

    http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2015/01/2015-what-to-expect-and-this-i-believe-part-ii.html

    "SDS (ViPR SRM, ViPR Object, ViPR Controller, ScaleIO) are growing like wildfire - and 2015 will be huge"

    Really?

    Larry

  2. TechnologyEnthusiast
    Stop

    How hard is it to say what you actually do?

    Seriously, why is EMC's messaging around ViPR, ECS and in general Software Defined Storage so damn confusing - not just to the external folks but also to internal EMC community, evidently, including EMC's own sales teams and Product Managers? Can EMC not have one simple, clear and consistent messaging that they all agree on? It's time, folks, and not much left!

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