This week Chris and Martin talk to Gina Minks, who works on product marketing at VMware within the Cloud BU. The discussion evolved from a post Gina published on www.24x7itconnection.com talking about how vendors shouldn't go negative when promoting their own technology. We've seen hyperbole from many vendors in the past - you know who you are! During the conversation, the … [Read more...]
#37 – State of the Storage Union with Chris Mellor
This week Chris and Gavin catch up with Chris Mellor, Storage Editor for The Register. With so much happening in storage, it's difficult to know where to start, so the guys focus on the rumour of Dell EMC reversing into VMware. Could this really happen and why is Dell EMC even thinking about this? The conversation flows on to IBM and their super-mega-hyper-uber announcement … [Read more...]
Garbage Collection – Implementing a Multi-Vendor Storage Strategy
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...]