Decoding COVID and solving the software problem

Posted on July 15, 2021July 16, 2021 by Matt

‘The original Human Genome Project required 13 years of work and cost more than $3 billion, now we can sequence the Genome overnight’ I’m often looking for interesting examples of pr... Read More

Tech companies should always start by asking WHY?

Posted on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 by Matt

When you’re building a product or solution then you have to start with the reason why you are building it and this has to encompass the value that it brings to the people you’re going to sell it t... Read More

If it doesn’t connect to, or integrate with the cloud, you shouldn’t buy it

Posted on February 26, 2020February 28, 2020 by Matt

According to the latest ESG research 97% of companies are already either using cloud or have active plans in place to start using the cloud, regardless of what your position is within your companies I... Read More

Are you Cloud first! or Cloud first?

Posted on September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 by Matt

It’s funny how something as simple as punctuation can fundamentally change an idea, an approach or a strategy. Looking back a few years ago then it definitely felt like most companies strategy w... Read More

Data Visionaries Wanted!

Posted on June 6, 2017June 22, 2017 by Matt

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 ... Read More

Data Fabric; it’s enabled by End Points, Connections, Services and Applications

Posted on August 24, 2016August 25, 2016 by Matt

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 i... 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

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

Fast, Efficient and with Enterprise capabilities…welcome to the world our AFF bundles of joy

Posted on June 22, 2015May 12, 2016 by Matt

I don’t normally record a blog for a NetApp Launch but I just couldn’t let this pass without one. Usual disclaimer, no apologies this is a NetApp post through and through, and why not, whe... Read More

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