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

You saved a little bit of money…but you lost a lot

Posted on March 17, 2015May 12, 2016 by Matt

In a recent discussion with a colleague, he looks after one of our Strategic Enterprise Accounts, we got chatting about some of the ways that his account is looking to reduce costs. The one that most ... Read More

A Checklist for the Cloud

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

My original version of this article was published on Forbes, it proved to be very popular so I decided to also post it on my blog. Let me be clear from the start: Cloud computing is no longer an IT pr... Read More

Commodity, Business Value, New Opportunities – The IT spending conundrum (Part 2 of 2)

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

It’s been a few weeks since part 1 of this post and I’ve had lots of interesting feedback. much of this was surprise that with all the focus on cost reduction, IT spending patterns have changed ve... 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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