Attending VMworld? Grab Data ONTAP Edge VSA for Free from NetApp!

I have late breaking news, NetApp will be giving away 5,500 of the just released Virtual Storage Arrays to attendees of VMworld! Data ONTAP Edge is our VSA platform, which transforms the local storage...

Get a Free Copy of Our New Book at VMworld

At VMworld NetApp is giving away 500 copies of “Virtualization Changes Everything: Storage Strategies for VMware vSphere & Cloud Computing”. This is the new book I co-authored with Mike Slisinger, which includes an introduction...

Discussing FlexPod and Infrastructure Solutions on the Cisco Blogger Tech Minute

On Monday I had the opportunity to sit down with Omar Sultan of Cisco and Fred Nix of EMC on the Cisco Blogger Tech Minute to discuss data center ecosystems and the role storage...

Cisco Live 2012 – Built on FlexPod

This post originally appears in Cisco's Data Center & Cloud Blog     I am here in the beautiful San Diego to support the NetApp team and activities at Cisco Live 2012. This year’s event features the...

Virtualization Changes Everything Free Copies and Book Signings at Cisco Live

A year ago Mike Slisinger and I wanted to expand upon the impact and influence server virtualization and cloud computing were having on storage and it’s support of the evolution from silo models to...

It’s Monday and I’m attending EMC World

This week EMC hosts their annual educational forum and technical conference, EMC World in Las Vegas. I'm not breaking news when I state the storage industry is a competitive landscape. What some may not...

Discussing Desktops and Mobility with Cisco & WWT at Citrix Synergy

Gaurav Bhardwaj, Product Manager at Cisco, asked Joe Onisick, Technical Architect at World Wide Technology, and I to discuss Cisco VXI technology at Citrix Synergy 2012. We share thoughts from a partner and vendor perspective...

Announcing FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud

Today, we are very pleased to announce the latest private cloud offering from NetApp, Cisco and Microsoft:  FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud.  This reference implementation is our second major generation of private cloud solution...