By
Scott on
September 20, 2011VMwareI’d like to extend a heart-felt congratulations to the Cloupia Team here were notified this afternoon that they have completed the FlexPod validation program. Cloupia, a cloud automation and management software provider, offering a suite of cloud computing products and solutions to power the next generation dynamic data centers (http://www.cloupia.com) is based in Santa Clara, CA. They were on the floor with us at VMworld 2011 and we used their management suite to drive the FlexPod where our live demos were hosted. I’ll update the post within the next 2 days to discuss what the program is an what thisRead more →
By
Scott on
July 6, 2011VMwareI’ve had the opportunity to spend most of June engaging with customers on topics related to VMware, NetApp, and Cloud Computing. While the experience was enlightening, it did consume much of the time I would normally take to blog. As it is, there always seemed to be a common set of discussion points that I thought would be great to share with a larger audience, so prepare the blog cannon and fire on my mark… Taming the Cloud Monster I’ll spare you the traditional opening around defining clouds. Suffice it to say, every customer that I engaged with maintained aRead more →
By
Scott on
May 10, 2011VMware**UPDATE: Additional VMWorld sessions have been added to the list.** Now when is the last time you read a blog post and walked away with an action item? Well, let me give you one now–VMWorld 2011 session abstracts have completed the 1st round review and have been posted for public voting, and I’d like to ask you to vote for your favorite. And, if I can be so bold as to drop a selfless-plug, vote for NetApp’s submissions. Making this happen requires a lot of work above and beyond the the people submitting the abstracts. To that end, I wouldRead more →
By
Scott on
May 6, 2011VMwareMay 5th, 2011: Nick Howell and I participated in the Carolina VMware Users Summit in Charlotte NC. The event was handled very well with registered attendance well over 700 people and more than 580 onsite (vendor and participant). The agenda included a keynote in the morning by VMware, one in the afternoon by myself, and a panel discussion on the future of cloud computing. There were breakout sessions throughout the day that covered all aspects of virtualization: DR, Networking, Virtual Desktops, Case Studies, Management and Monitoring Virtualized/Cloud environments. My kudos to Varrow for hosting the hands on lab, and TrainsignalRead more →
By
Scott on
April 18, 2011VMwarePopulation: Zero: When our SOI investigates the death of the entire data population of a storage volume, they are contacted by a rogue x86 server, once employed in the legacy data center, who is set on revenge for past grievances. Our SOI must stop the server when it demands $10 million or it will kill another storage volume. NetApp: Storage Constructs for the Cloud As part of OnCommand, NetApp provides three integrated tools for the development of storage service bundles and catalogs: Provisioning Manager, Protection Manager and APIs to integrate third party applications and capabilities to extend these technologies. StorageRead more →
