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

Stop ending with a Thank You

Posted on April 18, 2018June 10, 2018 by Matt

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. You’ve finally got the meeting, you’ve spent hours preparing the presentation, working out all the angles trying to pre-empt any questions ... Read More

Pets, Cattle, Insects and the Fabric of life

Posted on March 20, 2018March 20, 2018 by Matt

I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently, I have always associated the ‘Pets to Cattle’ analogy with the move from Physical to Virtual servers and the increasing number of these ... Read More

What is your Data Amplification Ratio (DAR)?

Posted on January 17, 2018August 3, 2018 by Matt

It’s time to think differently about how you measure the efficiency of your Data and the technology that underpins it! For many years we Storage Vendors have continuously challenged each other f... Read More

NetApp Insight 2017 – Farewell Berlin

Posted on November 16, 2017December 15, 2017 by Matt

Four years ago we began the first chapter of our story in Berlin, today we close the book and the Insight train rolls on to its next destination, and the first chapter for a new book in Barcelona. Net... Read More

The future is a fabric – look at Sonos for a clue

Posted on September 29, 2017September 30, 2017 by Matt

I like music, always have, but I’m no audiophile, I guess few people really are nowadays, but I do like listening to a wide variety of loud music and VERY loud films Buying the components Growing up... Read More

Tell me a Story

Posted on July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 by Matt

From the earliest years of our lives we are entertained by stories, from the books that our parents read to us as children to the wonderful films created by the entertainment industry. They engage us,... Read More

Data Visionaries Wanted!

Posted on June 6, 2017June 22, 2017 by Matt

I saw this slide the other day presented by one of our Chief Architects, he was discussing how the relative importance of Infrastructure, Applications and Data has changed over time and how this will ... Read More

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

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