Both the GreyBeards on Storage and the Storage Unpacked podcasts have done interviews with Weka.IO in the past, and I listened attentively. I had a customer…… Read more “Weka.IO and my first official briefing”
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Pure Storage and VMworld US 2018: What I Expect
This is post 9 of 9 in the series “Pure Storage 2018 Tech Talks” This Tech Talk series is brought to you by Pure Storage. In a…… Read more “Pure Storage and VMworld US 2018: What I Expect”
Druva updates and Cloud Native Data Management
I had an opportunity to get briefed on the product status for Druva ( Druva.com ) recently. They’ve taken the approach to DR/Backup in a completely different…… Read more “Druva updates and Cloud Native Data Management”
Yet another impression of the Spectre/Meltdown fiasco
A couple weeks back we heard the news of Spectre/Meltdown. This has been quite possibly the largest single flaw ever detected in Intel architectures. Essentially, the Spectre…… Read more “Yet another impression of the Spectre/Meltdown fiasco”
The licensing mess
Today’s enterprise software organizations (Microsoft, Oracle, VMware, and others) are facing a sea change in response to their old tactics. Used to be that an organization of…… Read more “The licensing mess”
#vExpertCloud Announcement
Check out the announcement here. The above link from the fine folks at VMware’s @vCommunityGuy Corey Romero denoted the listing for the inaugural class of vExperts on…… Read more “#vExpertCloud Announcement”
Nimble’s Cloud Volumes – A way cool approach – from #HPETechDay 2017
I’ve spoken a couple times about the beauty of the “Infosight” product which is part and parcel to the Nimble equation. It provides a proactive approach to…… Read more “Nimble’s Cloud Volumes – A way cool approach – from #HPETechDay 2017”
The Plexiglass tower and the Cloud When is the cloud not the best choice?
So many companies today have corporate initiatives to move to the cloud, and while that’s awesome in many ways, it can also be a poor choice for…… Read more “The Plexiglass tower and the Cloud When is the cloud not the best choice?”
IT Trends for 2016 Part2 – Serverless Computing/MicroServices
Today’s posting steps out of my core skills a bit. I’ve always been an infrastructure guy. I build systems. I help my customers with storage, infrastructure, networking,…… Read more “IT Trends for 2016 Part2 – Serverless Computing/MicroServices”
High Availability: Part III – Cloud
High availability, as it relates to the cloud is a very convoluted concept. For example, the impetus for my creating this series had to do with the…… Read more “High Availability: Part III – Cloud”
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