Don’t end up with a Museum of bad IT decisions aka ‘A Data Centre’

Posted on March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 by Matt

I’m fascinated by the pace of change in the technology industry, both in the hardware advances and also in the new applications that are arriving. Many new business applications are built using ... 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

Your future role in IT probably doesn’t exist yet

Posted on April 30, 2016May 12, 2016 by Matt

According to the ‘World Economic Forum’, between 2015 and 2020 35% of the core skills you have today will change. What do you think these changes might be? Personally, looking back over my time w... 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

A Legacy is something to be very proud of

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

How many of you have a smartphone? I know opinion is mixed on which is the best one. Some of you will be Samsung fans and others will be Apple fans. I personally am an iPhone 6 Plus user. As a technol... 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

But it wasn’t built from the ground up…so what?

Posted on October 1, 2014May 12, 2016 by Matt

One of the latest phrases that seems to be in vogue right now in the IT industry is ‘Built from the ground up’, or it’s more derogatory form ‘Not built from the ground up’... 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

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

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

Watts Innovating

A place for my thoughts…

Tag: Flash