Posts by Steve Todd

I’ve written several times about application nearness, and use the diagram below to highlight the fact that applications simply want to store data and get it back again. In the…

As VMworld starts this week I'd like to follow up on my last post on SDDC solving fan-out problems. I closed the post by showing the diagram below and asking…

In my last two posts I mentioned that application fan-out and infrastructure fan-out result in an M-layer stack with a number of possible choices (a0-aN) within each layer. Creating a…

In a previous post I discussed EMC CTO John Roese's use of the phrase application fan-out. His definition describes a common industry trend: a vast array of applications can be placed…

EMC Chief Technology Officer John Roese spoke in Australia recently about a trend that causes some degree of complexity in data center design: application fan-out. This concept is best described…

As I continue learning about Adaptivity's capability to place an application and data on the best-fit infrastructure, I've stumbled upon the diagram below: This diagram shows the five areas of…

I've been writing a series of posts on EMC's Adaptivity technology. In my last post I discussed the concept of projecting applications onto different elements of the business value chain…

How can a business map hundreds of applications efficiently onto a best-fit IT infrastructure? In my last post I covered the five elements of a business value chain (Marketing &…

Several months ago I used a Data Loch Ness analogy to highlight a backup and recovery strategy for next generation infrastructure. I used the image shown here on the left…

Labeling an application as Mission Critical can actually be a contentious activity. Ask any Line of Business for a listing of which apps are mission critical and it is highly…