In this podcast, Chris and Martin discuss the issues in designing and implementing a multi-vendor storage strategy. The discussion covers whether any one vendor can provide all of today's storage products and who multiple vendors can be used to deliver a single requirement. Elapsed Time: 00:36:26 SFW: Yes 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:00:45 - A look at the … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2016
Soundbytes: The Data Fabric Explained with NetApp CTO Mark Bregman
This podcast was recorded live on 16 November 2016 at NetApp Insight in Berlin. The conversation is between Chris Evans and Mark Bregman, CTO for NetApp. Mark discusses NetApp's move to focus on data management, with the Data Fabric, a concept that binds together NetApp's storage assets with public cloud and data mobility features. Elapsed Time: 00:16:28 SFW: … [Read more...]
Garbage Collection – All-flash Market Consolidation
In this opinion piece, recorded on 31 October 2016, Martin Glassborow, Chris Mellor and Chris Evans discuss the state of the all-flash market and what we can expect to happen to the remaining all-flash startup vendors. We discuss Violin's delisting, talk about the range of vendors and size of the market. Mr Mellor presents his interpretation on the "Supernatural Quadrangle" … [Read more...]