Author Archives: Gabriel

Hyper-Flash? Merging Hyperconvergence with All Flash

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Gabriel

Today there was an article in the register by Chris Mellor about the Hyperconverged vendors looking to move to all flash inside their platforms. It’s obviously a logical next step to think that if you want ultra high performance in … Continue reading →

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VMware joins the hyperconverged party

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Gabriel

So the Mystic/Marvin cat is out of the bag and VMware has announced EVO:Rail as their entry in the Hyperconverged infrastructure space. There are several great blog posts about this announcement, and you can tell that VMware was very selective … Continue reading →

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Dude you’re getting a Cisco?

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Gabriel

First lets get the disclaimers out of the way. I am speaking on my own behalf and not that of my employer. So as you may have noticed, I’ve been a tad quiet as of late since changing jobs and … Continue reading →

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#SNLDD Episode 8: New Kid on the Block.

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Gabriel

It’s your first day at the new job or with a new team. Are you terrified or excited, or both? As all 3 of you who read this site know, I’m starting a new role at Cisco on Monday, and … Continue reading →

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Always Be Changing

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Gabriel

In terms of transition and change, I’d say that last 3 years for me have been significant  Moving from the day to day life of a rank and file IT worker and into a career in the vendor space in the role of … Continue reading →

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SNLDD #7 Redux: When is it time to jump ship?

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Gabriel

Ok, so tomorrow night we are finally launching this episode. Watch this space for the official link the episode so that you can watch real time on Google + Hangouts. The main event page is here. As with the last … Continue reading →

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Pivoting For Prosperity and Profit

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Gabriel

Silicon Valley is one of my favorite shows on TV, right behind Halt and Catch Fire. It’s good to see the tech sector getting some exposure in episodic TV outside of the abysmal farce that is the Big Bang Theory.  Given … Continue reading →

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vExpert Weekly Digest July 9th 2014 – Betta get your BETA.

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Gabriel

Yes its time for another not-so-weekly vExpert Weekly Digest. This week we focus on the VMware vSphere 6.0 Beta that has been released to the public. I was part of the Beta 1 team, and its been very interesting to … Continue reading →

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Do You Drink The Kool-Aid Or Do You Make It?

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Gabriel

I think this blog post has been sitting in my brain for a long time, but some recent events have prompted me to commit it to text. Anyone who has been reading this site for the last few years has seen … Continue reading →

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Can you execute before the window closes?

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Gabriel

I love football. To me it’s the only real sport in the US worth watching (besides playoff Hockey).  There are a lot of really amazing quarterbacks in the league today. Since its a throwing game a good amount of the … Continue reading →

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