Don’t end up with a Museum of bad IT decisions aka ‘A Data Centre’

Posted on March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 by Matt

I’m fascinated by the pace of change in the technology industry, both in the hardware advances and also in the new applications that are arriving. Many new business applications are built using ... Read More

Your Supermarket knows more about you than your Doctor

Posted on December 21, 2016January 3, 2017 by Matt

How do we decide when sharing information benefits us, or whether it is an infringement of our personal privacy? This is a big problem, when it’s obvious that we benefit or that we see some tangible... Read More

This is Pure-ly and simply an ‘about turn’ moment

Posted on December 1, 2016December 2, 2016 by Matt

Imagine my surprise when Pure announced that they will be retro-fitting a new technology into an array with software that wasn’t originally designed for it. Pure’s marketing message has always bee... Read More

The Pace of Change; a note from Glastonbury Festival

Posted on November 30, 2016November 30, 2016 by Matt

15cm of rain, 12cm of mud, 200,000 people, or should I say 200,000 IP Addresses! There are times in life when I think it’s good to step back and look at the progress that has been made over the las... Read More

Data Fabric; it’s enabled by End Points, Connections, Services and Applications

Posted on August 24, 2016August 25, 2016 by Matt

Phil Brotherton our VP for the Data Fabric Group introduced me to this way of discussing the layers that make up our Data Fabric Strategy, it really resonated with me so I’ve started to use it i... Read More

Here’s to all the SysAdmins, today is your day!

Posted on July 29, 2016July 29, 2016 by Matt

SysAdmins are superheroes for the IT infrastructure of an organisation. These are the professionals who design, monitor and maintain systems for performance, who gather and assess information to ident... Read More

Should I stay or should I go now?

Posted on May 9, 2016May 12, 2016 by Matt

Probably one of the most memorable lines from any song that I remember while growing up in the UK. I was extremely fortunate to have been able to moderate a dinner the other week with colleagues from ... Read More

Your future role in IT probably doesn’t exist yet

Posted on April 30, 2016May 12, 2016 by Matt

According to the ‘World Economic Forum’, between 2015 and 2020 35% of the core skills you have today will change. What do you think these changes might be? Personally, looking back over my time w... Read More

Data Fabric Part 3 – Delivering the Benefits

Posted on April 5, 2016August 25, 2016 by Matt

In the first two of these blogs I focused on Why and How our Data Fabric is an important and elegant strategy for businesses. In this one I want to focus more on 'What' the technologies are that under... Read More

Data Fabric Part 2 – Enabling the Hybrid Cloud

Posted on March 22, 2016May 12, 2016 by Matt

This is part 2 of my 3 part series on the NetApp Data Fabric, you can view part 1 here. The rapid evolution that we’re seeing across all industries today is placing greater demands on IT tha... Read More

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Don’t end up with a Museum of bad IT decisions aka ‘A Data Centre’

This is Pure-ly and simply an ‘about turn’ moment

The Pace of Change; a note from Glastonbury Festival

Here’s to all the SysAdmins, today is your day!

Your future role in IT probably doesn’t exist yet