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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

When Purity is diluted by the Investment Innovation Challenge

Posted on August 21, 2015May 12, 2016 by Matt
I’m sure many of you have seen the recent debacle regarding Pure’s results as they progress toward their first IPO. Any time Gartner issues an apology for being wrong, it gets a lot of attention. ... Read More

Robots and Oculus Rift…what they have to do with NetApp

Posted on August 9, 2015May 12, 2016 by Matt
Just a few days ago I had the pleasure of being a guest at BT’s Showcase facility at their Adastral Park site in Ipswich. It’s an extremely impressive facility and you really get a sense while yo... Read More

A Legacy is something to be very proud of

Posted on July 17, 2015May 12, 2016 by Matt
How many of you have a smartphone? I know opinion is mixed on which is the best one. Some of you will be Samsung fans and others will be Apple fans. I personally am an iPhone 6 Plus user. As a technol... 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

  • With Data, what’s above it and below it really matters!
  • Changing demands and expectations – talking SMAC
  • The increasing irrelevance of the RFP
  • Are you Cloud first! or Cloud first?
  • The hidden data danger of the ‘Connected’ car

My tweets: @mtjwatts

@phoebegoh A giggle?

About 15 hours ago from Matt Watts's Twitter via TweetDeck

This is what a gaggle of #NetAppATeam members look like sucking up the knowledge at this years #ETL pic.twitter.com/242IgMhy3I

Yesterday from Matt Watts's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

On June 18th 9am PT join me and my great colleagues @phoebegoh Rob Esker and @EirikurH for #NetApp’s boldest ever portfolio launch netapp.com/us/index.aspx

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

Quick stop before we head over the bridge #ETL #NetAppATeam pic.twitter.com/p0owDAVV7a

About 4 days ago from Matt Watts's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

One of those times when you realise you are nowhere near the smartest person in the room, welcome to #ETL #NetAppATeam pic.twitter.com/0a4a6Ugwh3

About 4 days ago from Matt Watts's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

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