In the first post in this series we discussed how ONTAP – the #1 storage platform in terms of revenue – is a storage hypervisor of sorts – providing benefits which parallel those provided by virtualization. In the second post
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Is IT a Cost Center? Evolving Towards Agility
Over a decade ago – and well before today’s cloud concepts – I was encountering limitations in defining and expressing the value of various IT initiatives, when I came across a Gartner article discussing how evolved IT organizations would move
The Stack Market: Vblock, FlexPod, VSPEX (and me)
I’ve written several times on this blog about converged infrastructure and a few recent events have compelled me to revisit the topic. These events include the launch of EMC’s VSPEX solution along with my decision to accept a new position
The NoCloud Organization Part 1: Would You Like Fries With Your Cloud?
When Ray Kroc looked to expand his restaurant business beyond just a few stores and into a larger franchise he would face several challenges in delivering a consistent standardized product on a larger scale. One challenge was labor — if
Agility Part 2 — The Evolution of Value in the Private Cloud
When an IT project is commissioned it can be backed by a number of different statements such as: “It will reduce our TCO” “This is a strategic initiative” “The ROI is compelling” “There’s funds in the budget” “Our competitors are doing
Stacks, the Vblock and Value — A Chat with EMC’s Chad Sakac
...I reached out to EMC’s Chad Sakac to gain more insights from his perspective on how the various stacks…well…stacked up....
Agility Part One — What Is Agility?
The New York Times had a dilemma. They had identified a business opportunity, but in order to execute they had to convert 11 million articles to PDF files within 60 days. How could they obtain the hardware and
