Doing one thing well is NOT enough!

Posted on June 11, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt

I love trade shows! Now before you start thinking that’s an odd thing to say, let me explain why. I’ve been travelling a lot for the last couple of weeks which is why I haven’t spent... Read More

“Datacenter Dude” – Podcast : The Evolution of IT

Posted on June 9, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt

On my recent travels I had the great pleasure to record a Podcast with Nick Howell and Pete Flecha AKA “Datacenter Dude”, it was a lot of fun as well as being what I hope you would find to... Read More

The demise of Tier 1, Throwing “Flash Grenades” at fortress VMAX

Posted on May 16, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt

I hope the title of this blog post may have piqued your interest! I’ve spoken many times about how I predict the demise of Tier 1 storage due to the impact of All Flash Arrays, this is good for ... Read More

Over 5 Years and 70 Petabytes, we know a LOT about Flash!

Posted on April 14, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt

Schopenhauer was right, truth really does pass through three phases: First it is ridiculed. Second it is fiercely and violently opposed. Third, it becomes self-evident. One of the many great things ab... Read More

Infrastructures are Evolving – Clustered Data ONTAP just makes sense!

Posted on April 8, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt

There are many very significant features that we’ve built into Clustered Data ONTAP (cDOT), these enable a fundamental change in the way companies build their storage infrastructures, but I̵... Read More

A bit of Sanity for VSAN

Posted on March 24, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt

I had a meeting a month or so back with an IT Director for one of the large banks in London, he’s always been a big fan of NetApp technology but is also very pragmatic about looking at all options w... Read More

Is Data the new Utility? The votes are in…

Posted on March 17, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt

Thanks for all the votes and comments, it’s obvious that some of you have strong opinions on this, so I should explain that I deliberately worded the question in the way that I did because I wan... Read More

Water, Gas, Electricity…Data? is it the new Utility?

Posted on February 27, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt

I had a conversation with a Professor from Cambridge University during a flight back to the UK a while ago, he was a specialist in the energy sector and following our chat it really got me thinking ab... Read More

Sedan, Minivan or Tesla? you choose!

Posted on February 6, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt

No video this time! I felt this one would be easier to write down, be warned it is a long one, you may want to get that cup of coffee first! Over the last 5 or so years I’ve worked at NetApp the... Read More

You keep us because we’re Unified? what does that mean?

Posted on January 24, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt

I always enjoy the end of a year and the beginning of a new one, it’s one of the few opportunities where I get to take a little time to get all of the ‘stuff’ that’s in my head... Read More

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