Cloud Optimized Storage

In a recent post I introduced the importance of considering a "seamless" strategy when creating inter-cloud architectures. As part of that post I introduced a set of relevant technologies that apply to…

In a recent post I introduced the importance of considering a "seamless" strategy when creating inter-cloud architectures. There are a set of technologies that can facilitate agile and frictionless movement…

In a recent post I mentioned that EMC CTO John Roese had met with an advisory team in Ireland to get their opinion on future cloud topologies. In order to…

Over two years ago I wrote about the advantages of using Isilon and VMware for Hadoop implementations via the installation of the Hadoop Starter Kit. At the time I learned…

Last week I introduced my thoughts on the topic of Data Valuation. This week, in advance of my discussion at Thursday's IT@Cork event, I'd like to explore how the emerging…

Service Providers around the world would do well to visit EMC’s Data Center in Durham, North Carolina. Several years ago EMC decided to build a state-of-the-art data center using EMC,…

In a recent post I mentioned that next-generation storage systems will need to implement Warm core solid state. Burst buffer technology. The main reason behind the need for these two…

The analytic stack below is a result of discussions with many of my colleagues at EMC, VMware, and Pivotal: This stack represents a six layer architecture for building a cloud-scale…

Last May Chad Sakac shared a demo highlighting the use of Nicira at the storage level. It's worth viewing this demo again in case you are at VMworld Barcelona and…