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Are You a Hypervisor Hugger or a Storage Stalwart?
The great battle of enterprise storage is on! The time has come to take sides on the core question of storage for virtual servers: Do you want storage intelligence to live in the hypervisor or the...
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I’m a really busy guy. Along with my Tech Field Day event series, I’m also doing a day-long seminar series with Truth in IT. And I attend many industry events, too! I’ve long maintained a general...
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The I/O Blender Part 3: Behold the Power of the Demultiplexer
Virtualization has disrupted the I/O path, reducing the value of enterprise storage arrays. But all is not lost: An effort is afoot to make things right by increasing communication between hypervisor...
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VMworld US 2012, San Francisco
At the end of August, I’m headed to San Francisco for VMworld US 2012! I say this with quite a bit of excitement because VMworld is always a highlight of my year but also because of the fun stuff I...
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VMware’s Hardware Partner Strategy: Heads I Win, Tales You Lose
VMware is in an enviable but tricky situation: The company must work closely with hardware partners, keeping these prime sales and promotional channels happy and supportive. But VMware must also...
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Why is DataGravity Such a Big Deal?
DataGravity just released their embargo and my little techie corner of the Internet is on fire. There’s a very good reason for that, but it might not be obvious at a glance. Read on to learn why...
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#VMEspresso with @SolarWinds at #VMworld: “Storage I/O is About to Get Crazy”
Storage interconnects are about to be revolutionized, and virtualization is the driving force. Traditional SAN and NAS has been augmented with technologies like VAAI to work with the “I/O Blender”...
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Cloud & General Virtualization Panel at #VMUnderground Opening Acts, #VMworld...
What would you do to get in to VMunderground? The best thing about VMworld is the people, and one of the coolest gatherings of people traditionally happens before the event has even started!...
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Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
As most of my readers know, I also run the Tech Field Day event series, bringing independent voices in IT together with interesting companies in our space. This year, we’re running a full-blown Tech...
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Cisco UCS “Grand Slam” Event
Cisco UCS has taken the server market by storm, with some analysts saying it’s the “Apple” of the market, taking the majority of the profits with lower market share. Although UCS hasn’t evolved as...
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