Virtual Storage Tiering and Desktop Virtualization
Last week I presented our portfolio of desktop virtualization solutions to a group of Cisco engineers and account managers. These solutions are built on FlexPod and include desktop virtualization technologies from VMware and Citrix, include automated configuration instructions, and each is certified as a Cisco Validated Design (CVD). In short, we are working together to […]
Talking Orchestration with DynamicOps
NetApp brings together industry-leading IT infrastructure providers who specialize in commercial software and hardware technologies and whose benefits are optimized by NetApp storage innovations and OpenAPI ecosystem. One of these leaders is DynamicOps, who provides one of the most flexible platform for orchestrating and automating the delivery and management of private cloud services. Recently I […]
EMC Admits NetApp is the Leader
Chris Mellor of The Register recently published the article EMC races to catch up with NetApp, in which he covers a recent EMC webcast where EMC’s President and COO, Pat Gelsinger admitted EMC is hoping to catch up to NetApp in delivering storage efficiencies for virtual server and desktop environments. I agree with Chris when […]
Leading Change in the Storage Industry
One of the things I love about my current role at NetApp (beyond the great culture, people, and technologies) is the amount of time I spend meeting with customers, prospects, partners, analysts, and the online community to discuss the topic of virtualization and how it has changed everything from IT architectures to corporate business models. […]
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
One portion of my role at NetApp is to share with the community the capabilities and value of our storage technologies, especially the ones engineered and optimized for cloud deployments. Doing so inevitably leads to skepticism from our competitors which makes sense as we are competing for the mind and market share of our customers. […]