Storage is getting incredibly hot again with the parallel developments of NVMe, persistent memory technology, Swordfish management and active archiving. Host Marc Farley (@GoFarley) is joined by Mark Carlson (@macsun), Richelle Ahlvers (@rahlvers), Shaun Walsh (@cingulus), Mark Pastor (@markpastor), Stephen Bates (@stepbates), Tom Coughlin (@thomasacoughlin) and Jim Handy (objective-analysis.com/) .

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The hottest new storage technologies: NMVe, persistent memory, Swordfish and active archiving

In Tech We Trust podcast co-host and Docker expert, Nigel Poulton (@nigelpoulton) was recently in San Jose and took a ridecast with Marc Farley (@GoFarley) to discuss his soon-to-be-released book: Docker for Sysadmins’ Linux, Windows and VMware.  A lot has been written for the developers of Docker, but not much about the people that will … Continue reading Docker expert Nigel Poulton’s new book for Sysadmins will help take Docker mainstream in IT →

Docker expert Nigel Poulton’s new book for Sysadmins will help take Docker mainstream in IT

Chris Evans (@chrismevans) joins Marc Farley (@GoFarley) for a ridecast to talk about the near past and future of Dell Technologies. Whatever happens, it will cast an enormous shadow on the rest of the IT infrastructure industry.  Will they continue to be able to innovate?  Will they continue to be able to acquire new technologies? … Continue reading Guest Chris Evans and host Marc Farley driving in circles and pondering what lies ahead for Dell and EMC →

Now that Dell has acquired EMC, what should we expect?

        Scott Hanson (@CiscoServerGeek) tells Marc Farley (@GoFarley) what Cisco’s revolutionary product Tetration is and what it was designed for – analyzing everything that goes on in your data center and providing powerful, easy to use analytics.

Tetration could be the best thing ever for managing systems and apps in VMs and container - with @CiscoServerGeek and @GoFarley

                  Rob Commins (@robcommins) drives Marc Farley (@GoFarley) on the Las Vegas strip in an Audi R8 and talks about VMworld2016 and Tegile’s upcoming Cloud Platform storage array. Click to see the video and read the transcript to this recording on Vulcancast.com. Click here to see all … Continue reading Working hard and playing hard with Rob Commins at VMworld2016 in Las Vegas →

Work hard, play hard - fast car, fast storage

                  Hybrid cloud storage is extremely difficult to pull off because of long latencies accessing data in the cloud. ClearSky Data has solved that problem by using low latency private networks in the metropolitan areas where they sell. Listen to founder Laz Vekiarides and Architect/Alliances specialist Marc … Continue reading Solving hybrid cloud storage with Laz Vekiarides and Marc Keating at VMworld 2016 →

What? Hybrid cloud storage that actually works? It depends on where you are

                  We might as well call Scott Shadley (@SMShadley) Mr. Flash. He shares his insights into the mind-boggling technologies coming from Micron in the next couple years, including NVMe flash drives and 3D xPoint. Click to see the video and read the transcript of this recording on … Continue reading Scott Shadley from Micron Technologies on the big excitement of NVME, flash and 3D xPoint →

Memory maker Micron is making big, fast moves in the storage business

                  CloudVelox CEO Raj Dhingra (@raj_dhingra) talks about the forces pushing enterprise IT to migrate operations to the cloud and the obstacles they face on their journey. Click to see the video and read the transcript to this recording on Vulcancast.com. Click here to see all of … Continue reading Raj Dhingra, CEO of CloudVelox talks about the changes to infrastructure, software and people that occur when moving to the cloud →

CloudVelox CEO Raj Dhingra on things you need to know about migrating IT to the cloud

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Serial entrepreneur Jason Collier on why he thinks WorkSpot really might be the next gen VDI technology

        Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor) talks to Marc Farley (@GoFarley) about separating technology and data from business life and personal life. When it comes time to leave your employer, you’ll probably be glad you did.  

When you and your job go separate ways, you don't want to be technologically ensnared

      Dr. Jay Metz (@drjmetz) has worked with NVMe for several years and is on the NVMe standards board. Last week he took a ridecast with Marc Farley (@GoFarley) to explain what NVMe is and why it is going to make such profound differences to data center infrastructures.

NVMe is going to permanently change everything we know about applications and their data

      This week, Ford announced that they will deliver a Level 4 driverless car (autonomous vehicle) in 2021. Ken Pyle (@viodi) joins Marc Farley (@GoFarley) to talk about this and the moves that Uber is making to introduce driverless ridesharing cars in Pittsburgh this fall.

Level 4 autonomous means no steering wheel or brake and gas pedals - are you ready for that?

        HPE announced two entry-level storage arrays earlier this week, the StoreVirtual 3200 and the MSA 2042. The two systems are expected to be solf for street prices of $6,000 and $10,000, respectively. Chris Evans (@chrismevans) and Marc Farley (@GoFarley) discuss why they think these will be very good deals for small … Continue reading HPE delivers a couple interesting, entry-level storage systems – with Chris Evans →

There's do-it-yourself cheap and then there's stuff you buy that raises your eyebrows, like HPE's new entry level storage products

        Snap is open source telemetry technology that spans the complete system stack from system hardware all the way up to applications. Matt Matt Brender (@mjbrender) from Intel took a ridecast with Marc Farley (@GoFarley) prior to the the start of the Intel Development Forum in San Francisco to talk about it.

Intel is full speed ahead on open source telemetry - and who doesn't want that?

        Seagate announced their new enormous 60TB SSD at the Flash Memory Summit this week.  Alex Galbraith (@alexgalbraith) goes on a ridecast with Marc Farley (@GoFarley) to talk about the implications that has for data protection.

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