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Am I ‘ever trapped’ with my storage investment?

Posted on August 8, 2019August 12, 2019 by Matt
Are you thinking about buying into one of these ‘storage forever’ programs? You know the ones, buy now with 6 years gold support and get free controllers or credits in 3 years’ time. You could b... Read More

How little IT users consider IT costs

Posted on July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 by Matt
This is probably a familiar story, a while back now someone had the great idea of creating a new corporate powerpoint slide deck with around 100 different slides of various shapes and formats as Maste... Read More

It’s HCI Jim but not as we know it

Posted on June 24, 2019June 26, 2019 by Matt
As I saw the news from IDC on how they are expanding their definition of hyperconverged systems to include those that are disaggregated in nature such as our NetApp HCI, I immediately started thinking... Read More

With Data, what’s above it and below it really matters!

Posted on April 26, 2019June 18, 2019 by Matt
If you aren’t aware of the capabilities below your Data then you may be missing out on huge opportunities above it. I remember many years ago NetApp used to describe ourselves as a Data Manageme... Read More

Changing demands and expectations – talking SMAC

Posted on February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 by Matt
Just as interesting to me as technology progress is the pace of change that we see because of the impact of mobile technologies, social tools and the acceleration in the pace of life. My talk at a rec... Read More

The increasing irrelevance of the RFP

Posted on November 1, 2018November 2, 2018 by Matt
It’s faster than the product you had before, it’s more efficient and simpler to manage but what did it do for your companies strategy? Features, Speed, Efficiency and Simplicity are easy t... Read More

Are you Cloud first! or Cloud first?

Posted on September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 by Matt
It’s funny how something as simple as punctuation can fundamentally change an idea, an approach or a strategy. Looking back a few years ago then it definitely felt like most companies strategy w... Read More

The hidden data danger of the ‘Connected’ car

Posted on July 21, 2018July 21, 2018 by Matt
You’ve bought your lovely used car, did you even think about who has access to all the data and the online controls for it, did you even know these features existed? I recently decided to buy my... Read More

Is it finally time to ditch PowerPoint?

Posted on July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 by Matt
In this age people want to see things not just be told about them Think of the last time you bought something, a TV, a Car, in fact pretty much anything, did the sales person go through a powerpoint p... Read More

NetApp in two minutes – my elevator pitch

Posted on June 1, 2018June 1, 2018 by Matt
We’ve changed! I can almost guarantee that if I asked you who NetApp are then you’d probably think Storage Company, maybe Filers, maybe Network Attached Storage. We are so much more, here&... Read More
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About Matt Watts – Data Strategist & Director of Technology NetApp

Matt Watts - Director, Technology and Strategy EMEA at NetApp

I have been with NetApp for 14 years, but in the IT industry for much longer, in fact I have more than 25 years of IT experience. I work closely with the Office of the CTO, Product Operations and Marketing teams at NetApp, but I spend most of my time at events or with businesses articulating NetApp’s Strategy and the business value of IT.

This is my personal blog and does not necessarily represent the views of my employer.

Recent Posts

  • Am I ‘ever trapped’ with my storage investment?
  • How little IT users consider IT costs
  • It’s HCI Jim but not as we know it
  • With Data, what’s above it and below it really matters!
  • Changing demands and expectations – talking SMAC

My tweets: @mtjwatts

@ArtieNoel Every time I hear it I think back to the BBC doing the football results on the videprinter back in the 80’s. If you’re not in your 40s and from the UK this won’t mean much though ;-)

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Does anyone other than airport boarding gates still use dot-matrix printers? #retrotech

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I love tech! I’m in a car driving across Serbia using the cars WiFi and speaking to someone at my front door to let them know my wife is on her way using our Ring doorbell.

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And the filming begins for the new ⁦@NetApp⁩ #DataVisionary video. Very excited about this one pic.twitter.com/Xj2WHNjlWA

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