VMworld 2012 Slide Deck for NET-2207
After my session at VMworld 2012 several people requested my slide deck. That is attached here: INF-NET2207_Nash If you’d like to watch that session you can view the Top 10 sessions at VMworld here...
View ArticleCisco Starts Showing Its SDDC Hand – Acquires WHIPTAIL
Well…well…well. This morning when I jumped on Twitter I saw a few tweets that weren’t totally unexpected. They were concerning Cisco acquiring a storage company. How long have we heard rumors about...
View ArticleCisco Fully Enters the Cloud Market – The Intercloud
Today Cisco announced that they were investing $1B over the next two years to expand their “Cisco Powered” cloud initiative. For those that aren’t aware…the Cisco Powered Cloud program is one that...
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Cisco Starts to Figure Out Invicta
If you remember, a while back Cisco bought the all-flash storage company WHIPTAIL. There has been a lot of press and a lot of discussion around Cisco’s motivation. But what has happened since then?...
View ArticleWho Made Your SSDs and Why It Matters
Things like VSAN, Pernix Data FVP, XtremSW and ScaleIO from EMC, and ioVDI and ioTurbine from FusionIO have put a lot attention on flash in servers. The problem that a lot of people are finding is...
View ArticleGene Kim Keynoting Sirius Madness 2016!
That’s right! Madness is still on! The Madness continues and will be called Sirius Madness and is happening on March 17th, 2016 at the Westin in Charlotte, NC.
View ArticleAnnouncing a New Course with PluralSight! VMware NSX: Intro & Install
It’s about time! When word got around that I was working on this course I’ve been asked a hundred times when it was going to be out. Well, it’s out!
View ArticleCisco Loves HCI Choice, Except When They Don’t
Correction: I mistakenly said that only AHV was supported on UCS. That is incorrect. Nutanix supports vSphere, Hyper-V, and AHV on Cisco C-Series. Late last week Nutanix officially announced support...
View ArticleHeaded to Cloud Field Day 1!
Just a quick note that I am currently on a plane headed out to the valley to be a delegate for Cloud Field Day 1. If you aren’t familiar with the Field Day events they bring people from the appropriate...
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Initial Thoughts on Cisco Acquiring AppDynamics
So the news just hit that Cisco is acquiring AppD for a cool $3.7B. Not bad for the AppD folks when the last evaluation I saw put them in the $1.9B or so range. So is this good or not? For Cisco it...
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