Soundbytes #006: A Discussion on The Storage Industry with Stephen Foskett at DockerCon 2017

In this podcast, recorded at DockerCon 2017, ChrisE talks to Stephen Foskett, organiser of the Tech Field Day events. During the short podcast, the conversation covers issues of the storage industry, how we’re moving towards software and whether the idea of “alpha” storage products really makes sense.

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Timeline

00:00:00 – Introductions – Tech Field Day since 2009
00:01:30 – DockerCon – Storage, Networking, Security, Monitoring, the usual suspects
00:01:50 – The old the new side by side
00:02:30 – Storage with Docker
00:03:00 – Portworx, just like a traditional storage array
00:04:00 – Industry changes – consolidation, being a real company or being their R&D
00:05:00 – Who will go the distance, Pure?
00:06:00 – Who could survive purely as a storage software company
00:07:00 – The rise of alpha storage software – good or bad?
00:09:30 – Pass the Parcel/Hot Potato