Vaughn Stewart

Vaughn is a VP of Systems Engineering at VAST Data. He helps organizations capitalize on what’s possible from VAST’s Universal Storage in a multitude of environments including A.I. & deep learning, data analytics, animation & VFX, media & broadcast, health & life sciences, data protection, etc. He spent 23 years in various leadership roles at Pure Storage and NetApp, and has been awarded a U.S. patent. Vaughn strives to simplify the technically complex and advocates thinking outside the box. You can find his perspective online at vaughnstewart.com and in print; he’s coauthored multiple books including “Virtualization Changes Everything: Storage Strategies for VMware vSphere & Cloud Computing“.
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Accelerating Your Path to the Cloud with FlexPod

Keith Barto, Architect at Cisco, stopped by the NetApp campus to share his perspective on accelerating customers' path to the cloud with FlexPod. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3a594Cnm4I]

SDS Discussion on the NetApp Communities Podcast

Late yesterday Nick & Gabe asked if we could continue the SDS discussion on the NetApp Communities Podcast and without prep or planning, I agreed to jump in! If you missed it, yesterday featured a...

Tech 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 migrating any data....

Kudos to the 2013 VMware vExperts

Since 2009 VMware has recognized individuals for their virtualization and cloud computing advocacy with the annual vExpert award. I'd like to congratulate those who have been awarded this status for 2013. Your efforts help make...

Evaluate SRM with the VMware on NetApp Trial

A few months back we launched the VMware on NetApp Trial, a 100% software-based evaluation built upon Data ONTAP Edge, the NetApp Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA), which allows participants to gain hands-on experience with...

My thoughts on Software-Defined Storage in SiliconANGLE

This week I shared my thoughts with SiliconANGLE on the emerging Software-Defined Storage trend. Below is an excerpt: “Hardware Independence is in our DNA” : NetApp Defines its Software-Led Storage Play There’s a Renaissance going on...

Software Defined Storage: The Evolution of Storage

Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDC) is emerging as a hot topic in my customer conversations as a means to transform data centers into IT service centers focused on increasing the agility and speed at which...

The Top VMware & Virtualization Blogs of 2013

Kudos to all of my friends and colleagues who were recognized in the vSphere-Land Top VMware & Virtualization Blogger Poll! I would like to thank everyone who supported the poll by voting and Eric...

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