Tag Archives: Virtualization

EMC Enhances RecoverPoint (and takes it virtual!)

Posted on 30 April 2013 by GeekFluent

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)

Posted on 30 April 2013 by GeekFluent

[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

Posted on 24 April 2013 by GeekFluent

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

Posted on 17 April 2013 by GeekFluent

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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January EMC Solutions for VMware Webcasts

Posted on 3 January 2013 by GeekFluent

The New Year is here, and that means it’s time for another year’s worth of weekly webcasts from EMC. I’m curious to see how it goes. For the third year in a row, the same topic, “The Value of VMware … Continue reading →

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November EMC Solutions for VMware Webcasts

Posted on 31 October 2012 by GeekFluent

While I’ve been occupied with Certification Quest (blog post coming on that), October has come to an end and November is just about to start, bringing with it a new set of webcasts. The webcasts we have coming up for … Continue reading →

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GeekFluent’s Top VMworld Session Choices

Posted on 12 August 2011 by GeekFluent

Are you going to VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas and finding yourself a little overwhelmed trying to select which sessions to attend? Don’t worry — it’s happened to all of us.  There’s a lot of great content this year (as … Continue reading →

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CloudSlam 2011 Multi-vendor Panel on the Future of Storage for the Cloud

Posted on 29 April 2011 by GeekFluent

I had the opportunity last week to sit in on a CloudSlam multi-vendor panel session on the future of storage in the cloud. It was a very interesting and revealing discussion. I’ll do my best to summarize it here and … Continue reading →

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