The Emergence Of Dispersed Clouds
Almost four years ago, I wrote a post that speculated on the emergence of a very particular type of cloud -- a private cloud. Fast forward, and you'll find private clouds everywhere -- it's certainly...
View ArticleWhen Big Data Changed Marketing At EMC
The premise is simple: big data has the power to fundamentally change almost everything we do. No industry or function appears to be immune from the tantalizing power of predictive models. There are...
View ArticleCheap heat, no mojo.
Looking to generate some cheap heat (And because EMC doesn’t speak to him at all) Robin Harris has started making things up about Project X. The core of his argument appears to be that if it wasn’t...
View ArticleLost In Translation?
Part of my role here at EMC is to spend time with writers, bloggers and journalists on various topics. It's a global endeavor, often crossing language and cultural barriers. Most of the time, it turns...
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View ArticleShould I use many small LUNs or a couple large LUNs for Storage DRS?
At several VMUGs I presented a question that always came up was the following: “Should I use many small LUNs or a couple of large LUNs for Storage DRS? What are the benefits of either?” I posted about...
View ArticleThere Is No Automation Pill
So many discussions these days with customers around IT transformation -- three of them yesterday alone. While every discussion has its own unique nuances, there are observable patterns where people...
View ArticleThe Human Side of Data Centers
Quick note: I wrote this weeks ago, apparently finished the whole thing and then never uploaded it to the server or published it. I’m an idiot. It’s not a bad post, so I’m going to pretend that the...
View ArticleE&Y: Trust And The Cloud
I'm lucky to meet a wide range of IT organizations scattered across all sorts of industries. Some are bravely charging ahead into the new world of cloud-based IT service delivery: transforming their...
View ArticleWhere IT happens….is where I’m going.
The past 7 years have been some of great change in my career. Always one to just kinda “go with the flow” and see what interested me, these past few years have been different. In 2005 I was bugging...
View ArticleBaseball Trick to Survive Tech Conferences
I’ve shared this with a couple people, but after having Matt Brender comment on it again at dinner after the EMC Forum in Boston last week I thought I’d share with everyone… For those of you who don’t...
View ArticleWant to do some VMware Hands-on Labs but don’t have the kit?
Those who have visited VMworld and done a couple of labs know how awesome these are. Recently VMware announced that the VMware Hands-On Labs (HoL) would be made available online. You had the option to...
View ArticleWhat is that poweron file in my .vSphere-HA folder?
When answering some questions in the vSphere HA section of the VMTN forum the “poweron” file was mentioned. I have gotten some other questions as well about this file so a public blog post makes most...
View ArticleVMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials by Peter Björk!
About a year ago one of my colleagues reached out with some questions around book publishing. Many people ask me questions around what it takes, hours involved etc etc, and unfortunately many decide...
View ArticlevCenter Extension error when deploying vSphere Replication?
I’ve seen this popping up fairly often now and was under the impression I wrote about it a while back, but can’t find it. So here you go. If during the deployment of an OVF, in this case vSphere...
View ArticleChanges: I am joining VMware R&D!
I just wanted to let all of you know that I have decided to take on a new challenge within VMware. Per December 1st I will be joining the R&D organization as part of Integration Engineering. In...
View ArticleWin A free copy of the ‘VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials’, just by leaving a...
*** CONTEST CLOSED, winners will receive an email *** For the contest we have two copies of VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials to be given away to two lucky winners. How you can win: To win your copy of...
View ArticleSurvey Time: vSphere FT
If you have a couple of spare minutes… please fill out this survey about vSphere FT, it would be very helpful for our Product Management team. It takes about 10 minutes to get through. "Survey Time:...
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