When I started this blog over a year ago I was called out for talking about external storage virtualization by others storage bloggers. They said that I should write about new. I disagreed with this criticism because if there is something that is valuable and compelling then you should never stop talking about it. And [...]
Heidi Biggar is now a part of the HDS blog team with her new blog the Biggar Picture. Heidi is a storage and data management veteran and a real writer. She was the editor for data management for InfoStor for years and then worked closely with me at the Enterprise Strategy Group.
HDS has a new service that they put together called HDS TV. There is some really good content and I recommend you checking it out. Go check out my entry on the Switch IT On program. I only point it out here because it would be so hard to find on your own
Independent Analysis of Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning (plus cows and cars)
Posted in Capacity Utilization, Storage Economics, Thin Provisioning on June 29th, 2009 4 Comments »
Nigel Poulton - an independent consultant, storage expert and Hitachi USP V expert decided to respond to some of Marc Farley’s video blogs on Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning. Nigel did a great job providing education and information that you should check out - HDP Response to Marc Farley.
Another multimedia blog with Senior VP of Marketing for Hitachi Data Systems - Brian Householder. I also talk to Chris Evans, an independent consultant and storage expert. And the topic is the new Switch IT On program from Hitachi. This one is about five minutes, so check it out.
Brian is the EVP of Marketing for Hitachi Data Systems. I had a great conversation with him concerning the Switch IT On program and Hitachi in general.
I had a discussion with Chris Evans - an independent storage consultant that works with Enterprise end users - about the Switch IT On program. Chris is also a frequent blogger and in the past has reflected on the USP V and the idea of providing UVM for free. Additionally, Chris blogged on this announcement [...]
Hu Yoshida has his own blog on HDS.com - but I wanted to share with you a conversation that he and I had recently that opened my eyes to a few things:
Voice of the Customer – A Discussion with Indiana University
Posted in Storage Virtualization, Thin Provisioning on March 12th, 2009 No Comments »
No – I didn’t actually talk to the entire university but with Robert Lowden – their Director of Enterprise Systems.
There have been some great and educational blog posts that have been related to HDS but posted by independent consultants and end users I encourage you to read:
