FlexPod Success Drives Increased Investments by Cisco and NetApp
Today Cisco and NetApp announced an expanded partnership with the FlexPod platform. These investments build upon our shared goal to deliver a converged infrastructure that unifies enterprise clouds with branch offices and cloud service providers. With more than 2,100 customers in 35 countries and over 700 channel partners, FlexPod is leading the industry as the […]
Presenting the Upstate New York VMUG Conference Keynote
This morning I have the privilege of presenting the event keynote for the 2012 Upstate New York VMUG Conference. I will share a number of data points on the impact rampant data growth is having on cloud computing architectures and will offer my perspective on how to best address today and tomorrow’s challenges. The presentation […]
Engineers 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 options. It was extremely hot under the lights, I hope it doesn’t show 🙂
Search Storage Article: Architecting the Virtual Environment: SANs vs. NAS
The use of SAN versus NAS storage connectivity with cloud deployments may seem like an old topic; however, with the ever increasing number of customers who are deploying multiple hypervisors I believe this conversation deserves to be revisited. For those interested in this sometimes religious debate I have shared my perspective in this SearchStorage article.
Virtualizing Business Critical Apps with Data ONTAP 8 Cluster-Mode
This post is a reprint of an article I originally wrote for Tech OnTap, the NetApp monthly journal for IT insight. Virtualizing Business Critical Apps with Data ONTAP 8 Cluster-Mode It’s always informative to watch trends emerge within the NetApp customer base. Over the past 18 months or so we have witnessed a significant increase […]