A place for my thoughts…
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. NetApp Insight is over for another year, the main stage equipment is already back on the trucks, Insight Central has closed and[…]
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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 I always used to have separates in my music system, so I could choose the best Amp, the best CD Player and the[…]
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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, enthral us and often leave a lasting impression on us. The best advice I can give you if you’re thinking about a talk or presentation[…]
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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 continue to change into the future, it made me realise very clearly that as the bubbles grow and shrink so does the importance of the conversation.[…]
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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 development tools that have been around for a very short amount of time, Docker as an example has gone from inception to mass adoption in just a couple[…]
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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 reward for sharing data then often we’re pretty happy to share it, when it’s not obvious what the benefit is then typically we’re against[…]
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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 been to deride any storage device that was not ‘Built from the ground up’. To claim that something is inferior if it has been retrofitted to support evolving technology. There[…]
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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 last decade or so. Sometimes we’re so wrapped up in the now that we don’t appreciate the pace of change that is always[…]
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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 in my own way as well. I find it’s a great way to have a more strategic discussion without heading too quickly into the[…]
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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 identify and fix potential issues, as well as detect and manage security concerns. The list is almost endless. As jacks of all trades, they do a little bit of everything and end[…]
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