AT Cisco LIve in London I sat down for a 'ChappyChat' with Craig Chapman of VCE. We had an off-the-cuff chat about the state of datacenter transformations including the massive rate of data growth and the challenges facing customers, the foth-coming wave of Software-Defined Infrastructures, views on shared-nothing technologies, communities, bacon and Chappy's brother … [Read more...] about ChappyChat at Cisco Live – Massive Data Growth, Software-Defined Infrastructures and Bacon!
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vCatchup at VMware vForum 2012 in Sydney
Sat down with Craig Waters, leader of the Melborune VMUG user group at the 2012 VMware vForum in Sydney. We discuss the the technical leadership displayed in ANZ, Software-Defined Infrastructures, VMware user groups, and Data ONTAP Edge which is the NetApp Virtual Storage Array (VSA). Craig closes the session asking me for my thoughts on software-based storage arrays (aka … [Read more...] about vCatchup at VMware vForum 2012 in Sydney
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 :) … [Read more...] about Engineers Unplugged: Stretch Clustering (Season 2 Episode 8)
Speaking in Tech Interview at vOdgeball 2012
Speaking in Tech interview with Chad Sakac and I at vOdgeball 2012. We recap the event, which raised over $10,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project and share expectations for VMworld 2012. … [Read more...] about Speaking in Tech Interview at vOdgeball 2012
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 platforms play the adoption of agile, comprehensive infrastructure solutions. My thanks to the Cisco social media team and video production crew - it's always a privilege to participate. … [Read more...] about Discussing FlexPod and Infrastructure Solutions on the Cisco Blogger Tech Minute