Pets, Cattle, Insects and the Fabric of life

Posted on March 20, 2018March 20, 2018 by Matt

I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently, I have always associated the ‘Pets to Cattle’ analogy with the move from Physical to Virtual servers and the increasing number of these ... Read More

What is your Data Amplification Ratio (DAR)?

Posted on January 17, 2018August 3, 2018 by Matt

It’s time to think differently about how you measure the efficiency of your Data and the technology that underpins it! For many years we Storage Vendors have continuously challenged each other f... Read More

Your Supermarket knows more about you than your Doctor

Posted on December 21, 2016January 3, 2017 by Matt

How do we decide when sharing information benefits us, or whether it is an infringement of our personal privacy? This is a big problem, when it’s obvious that we benefit or that we see some tangible... 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

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

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

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Pets, Cattle, Insects and the Fabric of life

Over 5 Years and 70 Petabytes, we know a LOT about Flash!