Last week, Nutanix held its annual conference Nutanix .NEXT. As always with Nutanix, there was a tremendous amount of buzz and energy around the company and announcements at the event. For those who were unable to attend, I wanted to write a little bit about my thoughts and reactions to some of the major items…
Over the last few years, hyperconverged infrastructure has grown from a niche product to a solution that should be seriously considered by any enterprise seeking to deploy a private or hybrid cloud. But what is HCI, and how can it benefit your organization? Simply put, HCI eliminates traditional storage area networks and uses internal or…
There’s a lot to like about on-premises hyperconverged infrastructure. Compared to traditional data centers, HCI is less expensive to operate, simpler to manage, easier to expand and better able to provide the IT agility and responsiveness that organizations require. As a healthcare data center solution architect, I spend a lot of time with hospitals, physicians…
Nearly every day, I have conversations with individuals at enterprises, governments and other organizations who are looking for an alternative to hyperscale public cloud offerings. Often, they’re driven to transform their current processes due to siloed IT environments. Many businesses are addressing these challenges with an on-premises hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution, which provides improved operations…
When we talk about digital transformation, we tend to think first of end-user devices and edge uses: smart objects, automated operations and streamlined processes. But none of those solutions or outcomes is possible without the right back-end infrastructure to support it. Forward-looking organizations must move beyond a “keep the lights on” mentality and strategically design…
It’s June 12, 2014, and I’m in beautiful Vancouver, B.C., working a booth at VMware’s VMUG UserCon. I’ve now been a solutions architect at SimpliVity for two months covering the Pacific Northwest and I’m excited to be spreading the word about this new technology called hyperconvergence. As people approach the booth to investigate this new…
