This article originally appears in Tech OnTap - If you enjoy it, please consider subscribing to Tech OnTap. NetApp recently published an update to our storage best practices for VMware® that highlights the new capabilities of VMware vSphere® 5 and NetApp® Data ONTAP® 8. This updated technical report (TR) covers a number of new capabilities from VMware such as Storage DRS, … [Read more...] about Thoughts on Best Practices with VMware vSphere 5
Storage Virtualization
The Top VMware & Virtualization Blogs of 2012
Eric Siebert at vSphere-Land recently published the results for this year's survey of the Top VMware & Virtualization Blogs. This year's poll was expanded to include a number of new blogs & bloggers along with the addition of blog categories. I would like to thank everyone who supported the poll by voting and to congratulate all who were included in the … [Read more...] about The Top VMware & Virtualization Blogs of 2012
Cloud-Based Desktops as a Service (DaaS)
There are a number of factors fueling the need for greater adoption of desktop virtualization within every organization. The obvious is the consumerization of mobile devices such as iPads, iPhones, Kindle Fires, Samsung Galaxys, etc. The proliferation of these devices has built a level of demand that requires the enterprise datacenter to enable the end user, partner, or … [Read more...] about Cloud-Based Desktops as a Service (DaaS)
It’s 2012, Time to Review My Predictions for 2011
Last year I made my first attempt at predicting what I thought would transpire with storage technologies and their use, integration, and trends related to server virtualization and cloud computing in 2011. I found sharing my views quiet enjoyable; however half the fun in making a prediction is following up to review them for accuracy. Below are the seven predictions I made. … [Read more...] about It’s 2012, Time to Review My Predictions for 2011
The ‘Storage Smackdown’ Now Available On Demand
As expected last night's 'Storage Smackdown' webinar with Chad Sakac was fantastic. Topics of conversation spanned the spectrum to include thoughts on storage startups, points of integration, strengths of EMC & NetApp platfroms, and rumors around how Chad & I met. There was some serious amounts of information sharing, insight, and of course lots of laughs! In fact, the … [Read more...] about The ‘Storage Smackdown’ Now Available On Demand