Cut to the chase; today 7/16/2014 I join SolidFire! I’m doing this to: Further build out some of their most strategic technology partnerships including VMware, Citrix Systems and others Work with an elite team of solution architects focusing on areas like virtual infrastructure and virtual desktops, orchestration, automation and database systems Work with the SolidFire…
AppRemoting has been almost an exclusive Citrix functionality. As a former MACBook user I prayed for thsi kind of functionality. VMware has unlocked this function within Horizon 6 to combine with Workspace to deliver a end user consumption portal and usage model. This is really profoundly useful when you want to consume in a lot…
One of the pleasures of VMware’s Partner Technical Advisory Board is the demo night they had night 1. I sought out one of the hottest technologies to get acquainted with; Airwatch. This technology becomes fundamental for VMware’s future vision for End User Computing not just because of BYOD but a range of other things like Mobility Device…
I’m honored to be named to this group for my 3rd year (announcement here). I’ve seen value in the program because of the people, passion, and resources of this community. As IT has changed from the mass adoption of virtualization to the cloud era we are all contending with ways to triangulate what really…
I decided to write this blog somewhat inspired by John Troyer’s blog + tweet about 2014 predictions here. I love Duncan Epping’s response here. That said I thought I’d provide what are my focus areas for 2014 as something potentially more useful than a prediction (and I’ll through in a couple predictions just for fun)……
My wife hates my Logitech Harmony remotes. I love it. It’s hard to get everyone to unify on a concept but last I checked the Harmony remote concept is ruling the universal remote markets She, like a lot of people, doesn’t have any tolerance for flaws in the HD TV system. If it doesn’t work flawless,…
The industry has been crazed by the notion of “Unifying” storage. NetApp has lead the charge as has EMC and others. Above I’ve offered the classic “spork” as a symbol (similar to swiss army knife) of the ultimate flexible eating utility. What could beat it? The problem is I’ve never seen kitchen drawers with sporks. Huh.…
On the Solutions Exchange floor for vmworld 2012 I got an extensive run through of the Nutanix platform and software. Since last vmworld I don’t know of any other storage vendor that’s received this much buzz. Why? What’s interesting to me is they are a server/storage no SAN platform. That’s right a full integrated solution…
Desktop as a Service. Dropbox. Consumerization…. and so on. @NexusStratos (Tim Pfaff aka “The Angry VCP” & @jerridcunniff) and I presented “EUC Kung Fu” at the vmworld vBrownbag flash talks about VDI moving to a broader definition; End User Computing (EUC). So in other words it’s not just about a hosted virtual desktop. Here’s where…
One of the biggest buzz new vendors at vmworld 2012 was Cloud Physics. I got to meet Irfan Ahmad who gave me the intro and rundown of a cloud based vmware management solution. Very cool stuff so prepare to be blown away!
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