Mike Laverick visits to discuss the new features in the NetApp Virtual Storage Console plug-in for VMware vCenter Server. We highlight the new 'Migrate and Optimize' capability that can non-disuptively correct file system misalignment...
I had a chance to sit down with Dave Vellante of Wikibon in TheCUBE at Oracle Open World. I'm always impressed by Dave's ability to remain on top of a wide scope of technologies and...
Check out the great conversation I had with Abhinav Joshi of Cisco and Joe Onisick of WWT around our partnership, FlexPod, SMT, Automation, CVDs, and enabling partners. Thanks to Didier Rombaut of Cisco and...
I sit down with Natalie Lambert, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Citrix and Doug Dooley of Cisco to discuss desktop virtualization with XenDesktop on FlexPod via Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs). Accelerating adoption, reducing...
Today, organizations understand the financial and operational benefits of moving to a shared cloud-based infrastructure. Both enterprises and service providers require validated, cost-effective, virtualized cloud solutions. To meet this need, Cisco, NetApp and VMware...
It’s no secret; NetApp wants to sell you less storage than any other storage vendor and by forecasts from industry experts like IDC it is time we all begin enabling storage savings technologies throughout...
As I shared in a previous posts, the 2010 Charlotte VMUG Annual Conference was hosting a vExpert panel. This session was hosted by Rich Brambley of VMetc.com, Veeam & the Virtumania podcast (seriously rich...
In yesterday's post we discussed how VI admins are becoming storage admins as an unexpected byproduct from the virtualization of our data centers. We looked at the storage provisioning process with emphasis on the...