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“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

The Evolution of IT

Posted on January 6, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt
IT is in a constant state of evolution, new technologies emerge, new applications are born, new capabilities are required by the business and increasingly users have options, more than they’ve e... Read More
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Book : The Third Wave

After 15 years working for NetApp I decided I wanted to write a book on my experiences during this time, it’s a bit of a ‘history of NetApp’ and the changing industry.

I hope you enjoy it!

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About Matt Watts – CTE WW Enterprise and Commercial at NetApp

Matt Watts - Director, Technology and Strategy EMEA at NetApp

I have been with NetApp for 15 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.

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@phil_wiffen Very true Phil, I probably wouldn’t even bother applying for a role if it had this as a requirement, it makes you think they really couldn’t be bothered to make an effort when writing up the details.

About 8 hours ago from Matt Watts's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

It really annoys me when recruiters put this in job adverts. Some of the most talented people I know don’t have degrees, why would you foolishly exclude them with a pointless requirement like this. pic.twitter.com/ZQLUqkMSRl

About 9 hours ago from Matt Watts's Twitter via TweetDeck

@EE Yes, they simply said that I’m too far away from the 5G mast, this clearly isn’t the problem as my phone works and my 5G router has an external antenna, and it can see a 5G signal

Yesterday from Matt Watts's Twitter via TweetDeck

@DavidLeyland @EE I think it’s due to the limited bandwidth available in the towns, they don’t want people using 5G on their phones to have a bad experience because others with 5G routers are grabbing the bandwidth.

Yesterday from Matt Watts's Twitter via TweetDeck

After days of issues with my 5G router on @EE it appears that they are blocking 5G routers in the ‘towns' where 5G has rolled out. Just because you can see a 5G signal, do NOT assume you can use it for 5G broadband!

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