Mike Fratto, my former editor at Network Computing, now a consultant at Current Analysis, recently wrote a blog entry that tried to cut through the 3 Hs of SDN — Hype, Hoopla and Hysteria — by posing what some consider the essential question of life (unless you’re a Monty Python or galactic hitchhiker fan, in [...]
Technology 101: Dell & Keep It Simple Stupid
Mar 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I’ve been covering IT for quite a while, starting around the time of the first white-collar revolt back in 1981. Ironically enough, the personal computer uprising was primarily initiated by IBM, who at that time was the epitome of a buttoned-down, my-way-or-the-highway approach. Among the vendors jumping on the PC bandwagon was Dell, and for [...]
The New Convergence: Storage and Virtualization
Aug 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This past week, EMC announced several new solutions to support virtual environments: the VNXe3150 and, more interestingly, according to CRN, plans to bundle Avamar Virtual Edition into VCenter. Now that the VMWorld Conference is in full swing here San Francisco this week, I thought I would share some observations on how the worlds of storage [...]
The Only Superheroes You’ll Ever Need
Jul 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Don’t let there be a dark knight in your data center. Join Silver Peak and our partners for The Dark Knight Rises movie premiere — and learn how you can defeat “Dr. Disaster” and protect your entire application infrastructure. Check out our website to find a location near you for a technical seminar and showing of [...]
Sometimes, Good Enough IS Good Enough
Jun 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
While attending the Dell Storage Forum in Boston in mid-June I had cause to rethink my earlier blog post, Best of Breed vs. Best of Vendor. The unofficial themes of the event seemed to be ‘Keep It Simple Stupid’ and ‘In Most Cases, Good Enough IS Good Enough’. “The driver of convergence [storage, compute and [...]
Moving Data Faster with Dell EqualLogic
Jun 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Disaster recovery (DR) strategies are put in place to address the need to safeguard data against natural disasters, human error and malice. Enterprises manage these risks by replicating primary data to secondary sites. But if moving primary data to the secondary DR site takes so long that it becomes difficult to ensure a current copy [...]
Rick Tinsley on Dell Relationship from Interop (Video)
May 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
From the Interop Las Vegas 2012 show floor, Silver Peak president and CEO Rick Tinsley is interviewed in the Dell booth about Silver Peak’s business and partnership with Dell. Hear Rick talk about the synergies with Silver Peak’s Virtual Acceleration Open Architecture (VXOA) and Dell server, storage and networking products.
Sketching out Silver Peak in Dell’s booth (Video)
May 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
So, this is a first. Silver Peak’s Marc Trimuschat, vice president of alliances, presents on the Silver Peak integration and partnership with Dell in Dell’s booth at Interop Las Vegas. You might ask: What’s so interesting about that? Well, watch the sketch artist diagram the Silver Peak value proposition and integration with Dell in real-time [...]
Going Global with Dell
May 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Today, we made another significant step forward in extending our WAN optimization leadership to countries throughout the world with the expansion of our partnership with Dell. Customers can now purchase Silver Peak WAN optimization through Dell in over 30 countries throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. As part of global [...]
Silver Peak with Dell at Interop Las Vegas
May 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As a strategic WAN optimization partner for Dell, we are excited to be participating with them at the upcoming Interop conference and expo being held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. The conference is being held next week, May 6th-10th, and the expo is May 8th-10th. Dell’s booth is #1727, and if [...]
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