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VMworld 2013: The Intersection of SDN and SDS 27 Aug 2013 | 06:33 pm
The concepts of abstraction, pooling, automation and therefore the full virtualization of the network is what SDN is all about. While the biggest impact will surely be in the normal domain of networki...
VMworld 2013: EMC Cloud Shop 27 Aug 2013 | 06:31 pm
VMworld traditions are awesome! (v0dgeball, vbeers, vunderground, etc). Here’s another one: Silly/stupid EMC fun videos. WE DO NOT TAKE OURSELVES SERIOUSLY :-) The people in these come from the EMC SE...
VMworld 2013: vVol update and VM-granular storage–NOW. 27 Aug 2013 | 12:51 am
A topic on everyone’s mind is – what’s the latest on VM-granular storage? vVols remain the plan on how to get there, but have pushed into future vSphere releases as people heard in today’s keynote. EM...
VMworld 2013: EMC Hadoop Starter Kit with VMware Serengeti 27 Aug 2013 | 12:48 am
This is a really cool initiative that starts with a small group of folks (congrats guys!). I've been so happy to see the vSpecialist crew we started 4 years ago go on to do so many awesome things: Nic...
VMworld 2013: SDS perspective from VMware and EMC 27 Aug 2013 | 12:43 am
This is an important, strategic, but relatively complex (IMO) topic – and dear readers, if you don’t know me by now, that translates into what’s likely to be a long post :-) I’d like to thank you in a...
VMworld 2013: VMware HoL 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
If you’re at SF – go to the VMware HoL (Moscone South, to the left, up the stairs, turn right – keep walking). You’ll love it. When you’re done – go to the back and ask more about the vCOPS...
VMworld 2013: “VMware Dominant in Multi-Hypervisor Datacenters” (and associated storage choices) 23 Aug 2013 | 07:54 pm
As I furiously cancel meetings and push off any work not life-threatening to finish demos, voiceovers, blog posts, and STO5420, STO5464 and STO5638 content… This just crossed my path… Earlier this wee...
Twas the week before VMworld: top 10 things to do and see + secret hints (including Megalaunch III) 21 Aug 2013 | 10:03 am
As I fly at 30,000ft from place to place this week, it’s the ideal time to bang out the VMworld session decks, write blog posts, and pull the things people count on me for over the line. At the same.....
Latest stats on the NAS market… 7 Aug 2013 | 01:36 pm
I’m FURIOUSLY working on the tech breakouts for VMworld (as I’m also travelling across asia-pacific, China, and Japan - meeting with customers, EMCers, EMC partners). But – this is good enough for me ...
vSAN vs. ScaleIO – fight! 25 Jul 2013 | 02:43 am
I guess I’m not immune to the temptation for the inflammatory blog post title :-) Over the last week, I’ve gotten a lot of “vSAN and ScaleIO seem similar – I don’t get it why would EMC/VMware do the s...
