In January 2019 I attended Cisco Live alongside with Tech Field Day Extra. During that event, we had a presentation on the latest generation of Cisco’s HCI solution, Cisco HyperFlex (HX). The outcome of this presentation was a somewhat passionate blog post I wrote on the matter, where I pointed
It’s not the first time I cover the topic of data management. In the past, I covered on my blog some of the challenges encountered with data management, specifically the ability (and necessity) to properly define what is the scope of data management. A Multiverse of Data Management Realities There
I’m just back from Storage Field Day 18 where we had an a very dense agenda of sessions with multiple vendors. A lot of posts will hopefully be coming out of this in the next days / weeks, but for now, a slightly different topic. Fifty Shades of Disclosure I
There are some industry events where we go with a bit of apprehension and the fear of catching “keynote measles”. But then, there are also those events that we’re excited about, that start looking more like a tradition and family reunion than a technology event. Storage Field Day, brought to
Networking isn’t exactly my cup of ristretto. When I’m invited to events such as Cisco Live, I’m usually the quiet guy (unless it comes to storage or cloud) in the room trying to understand what the heck is being discussed. But once in a while, there’s a presentation outside of
IT is an industry where we’re hardly given a break. Last year’s bag of buzzwords is sill around and we are already getting hammered by new ones. Multicloud is one thing we’ll keep hearing during 2019, because apparently “it’s the next cool thing”(tm). Multicloud: What Are We Even Talking About?
Update 18-Mar-19 – Please read this article with caution. Parts of it have been superseded due to clarifications received from Cisco and are kept only for historical reasons. The article containing the updates is available here. Sections in blue have had additional commentary following the highlighted text. Sections with incorrect
If Salvador Dali was at our NetApp MAX Data Tech Field Day presentation, I’m sure he’d start painting melting NVDIMM modules or melting Optane modules. Excuse my nerdiness, though: have you ever heard of NetApp MAX Data? And what if I said Plexistor? Perhaps it will ring a bell to
Data management and secondary storage are all the rage these days. They have both been covered long & large by the most prominent industry analysts & research organizations. There are a growing number of solutions in this market which sometimes overlap. Both are still a widely debated topic in the
This content is 7 months old. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind.Once again I am humbled and happy to be invited by the GestaltIT crew to join them at Storage Field Day 17, this time from 19-Sep to 21-Sep and in the Silicon Valley. More info
This content is 1 year old. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind.Today we were briefed at Cisco Live Europe 2018 in Barcelona about the latest improvements done on the Cisco HyperFlex platform. My readers may know that I have covered HyperFlex first in 2016, then in
This content is 1 year old. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind.It is with great pleasure that I will join again in 2018 the dear friends at Tech Field Day for their traditional Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live Europe event. After the last two editions
This content is 1 year old. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind.When determining storage capacity, performance and availability requirements for their mission-critical systems, most if not all organisations try to solve the equation, once presented with alternatives, by looking primarily at pricing and attempting to juice
This content is 1 year old. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind.When it comes to design, making things elaborate and complicated is not necessarily the best way to go. Keeping things simple while focusing on delivering outcomes that match the customer expectations (if not exceeding them)
This content is 1 year old. Please, read this page keeping its age in your mind.This article has been inspired by my upcoming participating in the Commvault GO Conference in Washington D.C. on the 6th and 7th of November 2017 as a part of the Tech Field Day Exclusive at