Author: GeekFluent

  • Voting for Top vBlog 2017 is Open — Closes 30 June

    Voting for Top vBlog 2017 is Open — Closes 30 June

    It’s that time of year again when you’re seeing lots of “Vote for Me!” blog posts and tweets. This is not one of those posts. Yes, once again, Eric Seibert is running voting for the Top vBlog of 2017 on his really great blog vSphere-Land. (If it’s not already in whatever you’ve moved to since Google…

  • Job Search Successful — I’m Headed to the Cloud

    First things first: I want to thank everyone who has followed along and supported me during the recent job search. It’s meant a lot to me to know that I was never really alone during it. A special thank you to all of you who contacted me and acted as “connectors”, connecting me to people,…

  • Premise vs. Premises: A Modest Proposal

    Premise vs. Premises: A Modest Proposal

    If you’ve ever listened to, or been involved in, a conversation about Cloud, you’re familiar with the idea that the infrastructure that runs any specific cloud can be either on-premises (local or private cloud), off-premises (remote or public cloud), or a combination of both (hybrid cloud). If you’re familiar with that, then I feel safe…

  • Virtustream Launches Cloud Offering Designed for Healthcare

    Virtustream Launches Cloud Offering Designed for Healthcare

    Today, at Dell EMC World, Virtustream — the enterprise-class cloud provider company in the Dell Technologies family of businesses — announced that they are offering a new service called Virtustream Healthcare Cloud. This service provides cloud-based hosting of mission-critical healthcare platforms and applications in an environment that is completely compliant with all Health Insurance Portability…

  • Summary of Monday’s Announcements at Dell EMC World 2017

    As you might have expected from a conference that was essentially created by combining two huge tech events (Dell World and EMC World), there were a large number of announcements made on the first day of Dell EMC World 2017. To help you manage the influx of so much information, this post will attempt to…

  • NetApp United 2017 — A Numerical Breakdown

    NetApp United 2017 — A Numerical Breakdown

    As you likely saw, earlier this week, NetApp announced the official kick-off of their 2017 NetApp United influencer program, welcoming 111 members. While 111 members gives us a little idea of what the 2017 NetApp United looks like, I thought it was worth taking a closer look. So, as I’ve done in the past for…

  • NetApp Names Members of 2017 NetApp United Program

    NetApp Names Members of 2017 NetApp United Program

    NetApp has announced the first members of their new community recognition program, called NetApp United. I’m proud to announce that I’m one of those 111 people. What makes a good candidate for the NetApp United program? According to the application announcement, NetApp was looking for technology enthusiasts who: Have a social media presence Have overall…

  • Pure Storage Announces NVMe DirectFlash and New FlashArray Model

    Pure Storage Announces NVMe DirectFlash and New FlashArray Model

    Today Pure Storage, known for their All-Flash Storage arrays, announced their next Big ThingTM, DirectFlash, as well as a new FlashArray model. DirectFlash is a combination of NVMe hardware and the software to manage it (more details on that below). The new array model, the FlashArray//X, uses exclusively DirectFlash as the storage medium. A Brief…

  • Qumulo Secures Round C Prime Funding – My Conversation with Bill Richter

    Qumulo Secures Round C Prime Funding – My Conversation with Bill Richter

    Today, Qumulo, vendor of the software-defined scale-out storage platform Qumulo Core, announced the completion a funding round of $30 Million. This C Prime round of funding brings the total amount invested in Qumulo to date to $130 Million. This new funding round was led by Northern Light Venture Capital and other first-time investors in Qumulo.…

  • An Addendum to My Open Letter

    An Addendum to My Open Letter

    [NOTE: This post might make more sense if you’ve already read my Open Letter to Influence Marketers, but I think it also might work standalone. Your individual mileage may vary.] After I published my “Open Letter” post on Friday, I had a conversation with Kate Hutchinson, a colleague and friend for whom I have a…