Recently I was visiting customers and prospects in the North East and during one of our meetings the customer stated, “…what NetApp is doing, in terms of storage virtualization, make us feel like NetApp is much more aligned with the goals of VMware than their parent company…” This praise was shared while the customer told us how EMC is working to earn back their VMware … [Read more...] about The Epiphany – I Had One, You Want One?
Unified Storage
VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast #48
Yesterday Chris Gebhardt and I had the privilege of being guests of John Troyer on episode 48 of the VMware Communities Podcast. On the podcast we discussed numerous topics regarding storage with VMware including Multipathing, performance, storage virtualization, DR, and backup and recovery. … [Read more...] about VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast #48
vSphere Introduces the Plug-n-Play SAN
With today’s release of vSphere, VMware has introduced numerous new features and technologies all designed to advance the virtual evolution of our data centers. With this release VMware and their storage alliance partners have delivered Plug-n-Play SAN storage connectivity. As you begin downloading the final bits, refreshing your labs and planning your upgrade path to vSphere … [Read more...] about vSphere Introduces the Plug-n-Play SAN
A New Era for Virtual Desktops
We are entering into an interesting time in the industry witnessed by the release of VMware View. View Manager, View Composer, Thin App, and Offline Desktop are well positioned to accelerate the adoption of virtual desktops in datacenters and to remote access devices. Today I’d like to share some thoughts specific to reducing storage costs with VDI or View. A major … [Read more...] about A New Era for Virtual Desktops