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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

Data Fabric Part 1 – The Evolution of Industries

Posted on March 16, 2016May 12, 2016 by Matt
Well it’s been a while since I posted a video on what I had originally intended to be a video blog, who’d have thought that I would enjoy writing posts, it was certainly not what I had int... Read More

The Butterfly Effect for All Flash Arrays

Posted on November 20, 2015May 13, 2016 by Matt
Noun;
 Butterfly Effect A chaotic effect created by something seemingly insignificant, the phenomenon whereby a small change in one part of a complex system can have a large effect somewhere else
... Read More

The new Hybrid; Flash to Disk to Cloud

Posted on October 16, 2015May 13, 2016 by Matt
Hybrid has evolved. When we consider Hybrid in terms of storage it’s very often in the context of mixing different media types inside the same array, which is okay for many traditional workloads but... 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

@mattguitarrock It was an absolute pleasure, thanks Matt

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@ntapmatt Something like this maybe? My mighty FAS980 office clock pic.twitter.com/JjtWhHUmX9

About 2 weeks ago from Matt Watts's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

Always great to be able to speak at one of Partner Academies, and a bonus to be able to catch up with a #NetAppAteam member @ntap_seal pic.twitter.com/ZZ0PpBFg1g

About 2 weeks ago from Matt Watts's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@Nandogorsatt I’m not sure how much more of this glamour I can take ;-)

About 2 weeks ago from Matt Watts's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

Is it just me? TV in the hotel has a big red light on it...unplug at the mains. Bedside clock doesn’t dim...unplug at the mains. Smoke detector has two LED’s that flash every 30 seconds...stick plasters over them. And now sleep!

About 3 weeks ago from Matt Watts's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

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