George Hamilton is a senior product marketing manager for EMC ViPR Global Data Services and EMC Centera and Atmos object storage platforms. George has nearly 20 year of technology industry experience. Prior to joining EMC, he was an industry analyst and research director for Yankee Group covering cloud computing and services, IT infrastructure and IT management software. Connect with George on Twitter.

Ryan M Peterson MBA is an internationally recognized industry expert with repeated success in the design, development, and delivery of ground-breaking, high performance technology solutions. He is a technology thought leader and pioneer with a “can do” attitude, who finds workable, technologically advanced solutions to complex issues. Ryan currently directs the efforts of EMC Isilon’s Solutions Architecture organization focusing on industry integration with the best of breed applications and technologies offered. He has also become recognized as a thought leader within the area of Big Data Analytics applications such as Hadoop and enjoys discussing the future of technology and its positive impact to the world. Connect with Ryan on Twitter