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My team want a Data Center, all of their friends have one

Posted on July 17, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt
There’s a CTO that I meet up with occasionally when I’m in London, we discuss all sorts of different aspects of IT, I think we both really get a lot of of our discussions, I know that I do. During... Read More

You’re buying Flash from who?

Posted on June 17, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt
Flash from Who
News Flash: Flash fails! it also fails differently! I think it’s really important to have this in your mind as you consider your Flash strategy, I’ve spoken and blogged many times now abo... Read More

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
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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 13 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

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My tweets: @mtjwatts

A thought provoking read foreignpolicy.com/gt-essay/sp…

Yesterday from Matt Watts's Twitter via TweetDeck

@pfcasey @iain_mobbs @NetAppUK @ComputacenterUK @NetApp @martinclarkson @billmcgloin Great to see Paul, so glad that we’re now really getting some momentum on this. Hope to see you and Bill again soon

Last week from Matt Watts's Twitter via TweetDeck

This topic has been on my mind for a while ‘Cutting through the AI hype: Explainable AI and a flexible workforce’ itproportal.com/features/cutt…

Last week from Matt Watts's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@flybmi Thanks Liam for letting me know that the CAA prescribe 12 weeks for payment from agreement of compensation, shame it took 2 months for the reply and agreement to compensate

About 2 weeks ago from Matt Watts's Twitter via TweetDeck

@flybmi 3 months ago you cancelled my flight, after 2 months you finally bothered to reply to me and agreed to pay compensation. Another month later and still nothing received. Do you think this is good customer service?

About 2 weeks ago from Matt Watts's Twitter via Twitter Web Client

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