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Author Archives: GeekFluent
The Virtustream MicroVM
Very soon after I joined Virtustream, I quickly realized that one piece of Virtustream technology in particular was something that was causing confusion for customers, prospects, and even employees — especially me as our group’s FNG (you know, the group’s New … Continue reading
Posted in Virtustream
Tagged Cloud, Cloud Computing, Consumption Model, MicroVM, Virtustream
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Most-Read GeekFluent Posts in 2017
Hello, and welcome to 2018. It’s a new year which means it’s time for a new check-in on how content on this site did during the previous year. Let’s start with the ten most-read posts in 2017. (All statistics used in … Continue reading
VMware Names First vExpert Cloud Recipients
On Friday, VMware announced the recipients of their first-ever vExpert Cloud designation. This will be called “vExpert Cloud 2017”. This is the third specialization added to the long-running vExpert program, after vExpert VSAN and vExpert NSX. Already holding a current … Continue reading
Aparavi Emerges From Stealth with an SaaS Solution for a Multi-Cloud World
Yesterday, Aparavi, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) start-up company, emerged from stealth with a SaaS offering for managing long-term data retention in a multi-cloud world. The company says their name is derived from the Latin word apparare which means “to prepare”. Now, … Continue reading
Zadara Storage Offers Hurricane Relief to Business Hit by Harvey, Irma, or Maria
Zadara Storage, a Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) start-up company, is offering disaster relief to businesses affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, or Maria. The relief Zadara is offering comes in the form of up to 1PB of free data storage for six months. … Continue reading
Amazon Adds Per-Second Billing for Some EC2 Instances
Amazon’s per-second billing is now available for some types of Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances. Announced back in September, this billing model change went into effect on 2 October. Amazon Web Services (AWS) first launched their EC2 service in 2006. … Continue reading
My Schedule at VMworld US 2017
After having had to miss out on VMworld last year, I’m pleased to announce my triumphant return to the event. Or at least my return. VMworld has always been, in my opinion, one of the best yearly events, not just … Continue reading
Posted in VMware
Tagged Event, Schedule, Virtualization, VMware, VMworld, VMworld2017
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Cisco Announces Intention to Acquire Springpath
On Monday, Cisco ended over a year of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) speculation and announced their intent to acquire Springpath. In this case, instead of Cisco the networking company, we’re looking at Cisco the manufacturer of the Unified Computing System (UCS) … Continue reading
Posted in Converged Infrastructure
Tagged Acquisition, Announcement, Cisco, HCI, Hyperconverged, Software-Defined, SpringPath, Virtualization
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Panel Discussion of Abandonware (in an IoT Context)
During the past couple years, the good folks over at Gestalt IT have been working to find more ways to make sure that the Tech Field Day delegates feel that their time has been valued and put to good use. … Continue reading
Posted in Podcasts, Security
Tagged Abandonware, Gestalt IT, IoT, Network, Panel, Security, Video
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Turbonomic Announces Version 5.9, Adds Support for Hybrid Cloud
Today Turbonomic announced a new release of their autonomic management suite, version 5.9. The new version adds new capabilities, expanding their automated management into hybrid cloud environments, as well as a number of performance enhancements. With this release, Turbonomic is … Continue reading
Posted in Turbonomic
Tagged Announcement, Automation, Cloud, Data Center, Hybrid Cloud, management, Turbonomic
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