Videos from the Charlotte VMUG Annual Conference
As I shared in a previous posts, the 2010 Charlotte VMUG Annual Conference was hosting a vExpert panel. This session was hosted by Rich Brambley of VMetc.com, Veeam & the Virtumania podcast...
View ArticleIntroducing FlexPod for VMware: Flexible IT
Today, organizations understand the financial and operational benefits of moving to a shared cloud-based infrastructure. Both enterprises and service providers require validated, cost-effective,...
View ArticleCisco Live Daily Blogger Techminute on Citrix Desktop Virtualization
I sit down with Natalie Lambert, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Citrix and Doug Dooley of Cisco to discuss desktop virtualization with XenDesktop on FlexPod via Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs)....
View ArticleCisco Live : Blogger Techminute with NetApp on Flexpod Solutions
Check out the great conversation I had with Abhinav Joshi of Cisco and Joe Onisick of WWT around our partnership, FlexPod, SMT, Automation, CVDs, and enabling partners. Thanks to Didier Rombaut of...
View ArticleTime in TheCUBE at Oracle Open World
I had a chance to sit down with Dave Vellante of Wikibon in TheCUBE at Oracle Open World. I’m always impressed by Dave’s ability to remain on top of a wide scope of technologies and markets. I had...
View ArticleVendorwag with Mike Laverick: New Features in the Virtual Storage Console 4.0
Mike Laverick visits to discuss the new features in the NetApp Virtual Storage Console plug-in for VMware vCenter Server. We highlight the new ‘Migrate and Optimize’ capability that can...
View ArticleDiscussing Desktops and Mobility with Cisco & WWT at Citrix Synergy
Gaurav Bhardwaj, Product Manager at Cisco, asked Joe Onisick, Technical Architect at World Wide Technology, and I to discuss Cisco VXI technology at Citrix Synergy 2012. We share thoughts from a...
View ArticleDiscussing FlexPod and Infrastructure Solutions on the Cisco Blogger Tech Minute
On Monday I had the opportunity to sit down with Omar Sultan of Cisco and Fred Nix of EMC on the Cisco Blogger Tech Minute to discuss data center ecosystems and the role storage platforms play the...
View ArticleSpeaking in Tech Interview at vOdgeball 2012
Speaking in Tech interview with Chad Sakac and I at vOdgeball 2012. We recap the event, which raised over $10,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project and share expectations for VMworld 2012. The post...
View ArticleEngineers Unplugged: Stretch Clustering (Season 2 Episode 8)
Live from VMworld Europe 2012, the lights we hot, the unicorn was not! My good friend Chad Sakac of EMC joined me on Cisco’s Engineers Unplugged to discuss storage stretch clustering concepts and...
View ArticlevCatchup at VMware vForum 2012 in Sydney
Sat down with Craig Waters, leader of the Melborune VMUG user group at the 2012 VMware vForum in Sydney. We discuss the the technical leadership displayed in ANZ, Software-Defined Infrastructures,...
View ArticleChappyChat at Cisco Live – Massive Data Growth, Software-Defined...
AT Cisco LIve in London I sat down for a ‘ChappyChat‘ with Craig Chapman of VCE. We had an off-the-cuff chat about the state of datacenter transformations including the massive rate of data growth and...
View ArticleTech Preview: Shift Cloud Platforms without Migrating Data
Here’s a brief preview of something we’ve been building that internally we are tentatively calling Project NetApp Shift. Shift allows customers to change the cloud platform their VMs run on without...
View ArticleI’m Joining the Flash Revolution. How about You?
Change is the only constant. My grandfather bestowed these words upon me when I was about ten years old and has served me well. One must embrace change or find themselves left behind. I firmly believe...
View ArticleWhat the FUD?
FUD: fear, uncertainty and doubt. I view storage industry FUD as often having a direct correlation with the inability of a platform or technology to deliver value. Where there’s FUD, there’s an...
View ArticleVMware Admins are Storage Admins – vStorage Integration Part 2
In yesterday’s post we discussed how VI admins are becoming storage admins as an unexpected byproduct from the virtualization of our data centers. We looked at the storage provisioning process with...
View ArticleStorage Field Day 6 visits Pure Storage
Last week Stephen Foskett and a host of delegates visited the Bay Area for Storage Field Day 6. The crew stopped by Pure Storage to catch up on our vision and direction, whiteboard on the architecture...
View ArticleMelbourne VMUG UserCon 2015: vSphere Storage Best Practices
Recently I had th fortune to join my good friend Chad Sakac in co-presenting a keynote session at the Sydney and Melbourne UserCons. We delivered a condensed version of the VMworld 2014 session,...
View ArticleExperts Round Table: Flash Mythbusters
The Spiceworks ‘Flash Mythbusters‘ experts round table is available and online for those who missed the live event. Flash technologiests from EMC, Nimble Storage, Pure Storage and SolidFire to set...
View ArticleCIO Discussions on Agility and Future Enterprise Trends
Recenlty I was asked to join a panel conversation as a part of the HMG Strategy LLC, CIO Summit. The videos below are from the recent event in Palo Alto, CA. The panel session wass moderated by former...
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