Author Archives: GeekFluent

2013 VMware vExperts Announced

Yesterday, VMware announced the vExpert 2013 awardees.  The vExpert program is one that recognizes those members of the VMware community who “have demonstrated significant contributions to the community and a willingness to share their expertise with others.”  One of the … Continue reading

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EMC Announces Upcoming Updates to Isilon OneFS

Today EMC announced upcoming updates to OneFS, the operating system for the Isilon scale-out storage platform.  The new version of the software will offer new capabilities including: Support for Hadoop’s HDFS 2.0 Object Storage Extended RESTful APIs with support for … Continue reading

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My Schedule for EMC World 2013

EMC World is almost here, and I’ve been spending a bit of effort figuring out how my time there would be best spent, and think I’ve got my schedule more or less worked out (there are only a couple double-bookings … Continue reading

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EMC Enhances RecoverPoint (and takes it virtual!)

Today, EMC announced version 4.0 of RecoverPoint.  The new version brings many exciting new features, my personal favorite being the availability of a virtual version of the RecoverPoint Appliance (RPA). RecoverPoint is a SAN-based data protection/replication solution.  It works through … Continue reading

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EMC Announces VPLEX Metro Express Edition (plus VAAI support)

[UPDATE: I've edited the post to remove one of the new features that had been mentioned in early pre-announcement briefings.  The features listed now match what's actually been released.] Today, EMC announced updates to their VPLEX family of storage virtualization devices, … Continue reading

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Evolution of Virtualization – The Whiteboard Video

I posted before about having fun with whiteboards at VMware PEX, and I posted the draft outline for the “Evolution of Virtualization” whiteboard I did with Gabriel Chapman (@Bacon_Is_King). Today, Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja) has posted the final version of the … Continue reading

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The Evolution of Virtualization — Draft Outline

I’ve already written about the Magic Balloon episode of Engineers Unplugged I recorded at VMware PEX, but that wasn’t the topic I was originally invited to record. The topic I was originally asked to speak to was “The Evolution of … Continue reading

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Magic Balloon: A Whiteboarding Creativity Game/Exercise

Anybody who knows me knows how much I love whiteboards.  When I run into a fellow whiteboard enthusiast, at some point I end up asking if they know Magic Balloon. Magic Balloon is a brainstorming-style creativity exercise in the form … Continue reading

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EMC Announces VMAX Cloud Edition

Today, EMC announced the Cloud Edition of their signature Symmetrix VMAX storage platform.  Timed to coincide with the VMware Partner exchange conference, there have been rumors about this announcement for a while, but now we’ve got some details. Release of … Continue reading

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Off to VMware Partner Exchange…

Next week, I’ll be in Las Vegas for VMware Partner Exchange (PEX) 2013.  This is a conference where VMware focuses on their partners.  It’ll be a great chance for me to hear VMware’s plans for the next year first-hand, and … Continue reading

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