Monthly Archives: March 2015

My Video Interview at VMware PEX

Posted on 31 March 2015 by GeekFluent

While I was at the VMware Partner Exchange conference in February, I had the pleasure of running into Josh Atwell. Josh asked if I wanted to be interviewed in the SolidFire booth. Naturally, I said yes, and asked what aspects … Continue reading →

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EMC World 2015 Discount Code Giveaway

Posted on 26 March 2015 by GeekFluent

As in past years, EMC has given members of the EMC Elect community registration codes good for a $150 discount on the cost of this year’s EMC World registration. Thanks to the generosity of my fellow EMC Elect members Hrvoje … Continue reading →

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Qumulo Comes Out of Stealth Offering Data-Aware Scale-Out NAS

Posted on 16 March 2015 by GeekFluent

I’ve let several people know that I’m traveling today, and I even told some folks that I was in Seattle, but it wasn’t until today that I can go public on why I’m here. Today, storage startup Qumulo came out … Continue reading →

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SimpliVity Closes $175 Million D Round of Funding

Posted on 11 March 2015 by GeekFluent

Yesterday, hyperconverged infrastructure vendor SimpliVity announced that they had raised $175 Million in series D funding. Waypoint Captial led the round, with previous investors Accel Partners, Charles River Ventures, DFJ Growth, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB), and Meritech Capital … Continue reading →

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Top VMware and Virtualization Blog Survey 2015

Posted on 3 March 2015 by GeekFluent

The blog vSphere-land is holding its annual contest / voting survey for the top 50 VMware- and virtualization-related blogs of 2015. All blogs listed on the vLaunchPad site are eligible. This blog was added to the vLaunchPad after the nominations … Continue reading →

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