Increasing datacenter density while managing HVAC and electrical costs is a hard problem, especially as processor and GPU vendors continue to push solutions that run hotter and consume more energy than ever before. This has pushed us into the age of liquid cooling. While Direct-2-Chip liquid cooling has become an acceptable alternative to the traditional air-cooled datacenter, cooling technology has evolved.  The state-of-the-art is now 2-Phase Immersion Cooling, where servers are housed in an enclosure full of a dialelectric fluid that removes the heat, all without fans or heatsinks. It's a remarkable technology.  In this episode, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell talk to the Mears Group, a Quanta Services company, about its approach to 2-Phase Immersion Cooling which is just coming to market.  Joining the podcast are Todd Richard, senior vice president at Mears, and Trent Edwards, executive vice president of Mears.  The group talk about what 2-Phase Immersion Cooling is, how it has benefits both within the datacenter at the edge, and what differentiates Mears. 

Increasing datacenter density while managing HVAC and electrical costs is a hard problem, especially as processor and GPU vendors continue to push solutions that run hotter and consume more energy than ever before. This has pushed us into the age of liquid cooling. While Direct-2-Chip liquid cooling has become an acceptable alternative to the traditional air-cooled datacenter, cooling technology has evolved. The state-of-the-art is now 2-Phase Immersion Cooling, where servers are housed in an enclosure full of a dialelectric fluid that removes the heat, all without fans or heatsinks. It's a remarkable technology. In this episode, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell talk to the Mears Group, a Quanta Services company, about its approach to 2-Phase Immersion Cooling which is just coming to market. Joining the podcast are Todd Richard, senior vice president at Mears, and Trent Edwards, executive vice president of Mears. The group talk about what 2-Phase Immersion Cooling is, how it has benefits both within the datacenter at the edge, and what differentiates Mears.

Keeping your Data Center Cool with 2-Phase Immersion Cooling

Dominique Bastos

Digital Transformation is full of promise, and full of challenges. One of the biggest challenges is around cloud – when to use, and to what extent. This week’s podcast has hosts Matt Kimball &amp; Steve McDowell speaking with Dominique Bastos, Senior Vice President at Persistent Systems. In this episode, Dominique talks about what she sees with enterprise customers undergoing digital transformation, and how to find an on-prem/off-prem balance that drives best results for the business. Equally interesting is Dominique’s perspective as a woman’s journey through the tech ranks – from engineer to executive. Tune in for what may be our most interesting podcast yet! Dominique’s profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiquebastos/ Persistent Systems: https://www.persistent.com/Special Guest: Dominique Bastos.

Digital Transformation is full of promise, and full of challenges. One of the biggest challenges is around cloud – when to use, and to what extent. This week’s podcast has hosts Matt Kimball &amp; Steve McDowell speaking with Dominique Bastos, Senior Vice President at Persistent Systems. In this episode, Dominique talks about what she sees with enterprise customers undergoing digital transformation, and how to find an on-prem/off-prem balance that drives best results for the business. Equally interesting is Dominique’s perspective as a woman’s journey through the tech ranks – from engineer to executive. Tune in for what may be our most interesting podcast yet! Dominique’s profile: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiquebastos/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiquebastos/</a> Persistent Systems: <a href="https://www.persistent.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.persistent.com/</a>Special Guest: Dominique Bastos.

Taming Digital Transformation: A Conversation with Persistent Systems' Dominique Bastos

Lee Caswell

There aren't many solutions that can tame the multi-cloud management problem, but Nutanix is one of them.  In this episode, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell have a wide-ranging conversation with Nutanix's Lee Caswell about the challenges that face IT administrators and architects in 2023.Special Guest: Lee Caswell .

There aren't many solutions that can tame the multi-cloud management problem, but Nutanix is one of them. In this episode, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell have a wide-ranging conversation with Nutanix's Lee Caswell about the challenges that face IT administrators and architects in 2023.Special Guest: Lee Caswell .

Taming the MultiCloud Problem, with Nutanix's Lee Caswell

Hosts Steve McDowell and Matt Kimball, principal analysts at Moor Insights &amp; Strategy, kick off the new year with a conversation with both Nutanix and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.  Joining the podcast is HPE's Mark Maguire and Nutanix's Aaron Delp.  Nutanix and HPE are at forefront of IT modernization &amp; digital transformation, helping customers globally deliver business critical apps in more efficient and cost-effective way with certified solutions that come with freedom of choice (flexibility of deployment and choice of consumption model).  The guys talk about how to solve real world customer problems, where traditional infratructure is too costly, time consuming and complex; public cloud is not the panacea. Nutanix and HPE deliver a new way to operate and pay for infrastructure: delivering on the promise of the cloud, not the cost of the cloud, across key workloads and regulated industries:Special Guests: Aaron Delp and Mark Maguire.

Hosts Steve McDowell and Matt Kimball, principal analysts at Moor Insights &amp; Strategy, kick off the new year with a conversation with both Nutanix and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Joining the podcast is HPE's Mark Maguire and Nutanix's Aaron Delp. Nutanix and HPE are at forefront of IT modernization &amp; digital transformation, helping customers globally deliver business critical apps in more efficient and cost-effective way with certified solutions that come with freedom of choice (flexibility of deployment and choice of consumption model). The guys talk about how to solve real world customer problems, where traditional infratructure is too costly, time consuming and complex; public cloud is not the panacea. Nutanix and HPE deliver a new way to operate and pay for infrastructure: delivering on the promise of the cloud, not the cost of the cloud, across key workloads and regulated industries:Special Guests: Aaron Delp and Mark Maguire.

HPE and Nutanix Expand the Potential of Greenlake & as-a-service offerings

Nipun Agarwal

MySQL is the most popular open source database in the world.  Oracle's new MySQL Heatwave makes MySQL the only cloud service with a built-in, high performance, in-memory query accelerator—HeatWave.   In this episode, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, principal analysts at Moor Insights &amp; Strategy, catch up with Oracle's Nipun Agarwal, Oracle's SVP of MySQL and Heatwave, at the recent Oracle OpenWorld event to about what it all means.  This is wide-ranging conversation about the history of MySQL, where it plays well, and how Oracle MySQL HeatWave brings added value to the MySQL ecosystem.  Special Guest: Nipun Agarwal.

MySQL is the most popular open source database in the world. Oracle's new MySQL Heatwave makes MySQL the only cloud service with a built-in, high performance, in-memory query accelerator—HeatWave. In this episode, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, principal analysts at Moor Insights &amp; Strategy, catch up with Oracle's Nipun Agarwal, Oracle's SVP of MySQL and Heatwave, at the recent Oracle OpenWorld event to about what it all means. This is wide-ranging conversation about the history of MySQL, where it plays well, and how Oracle MySQL HeatWave brings added value to the MySQL ecosystem. Special Guest: Nipun Agarwal.

Inside MySQL Heatwave: A Conversation with Oracle's Nipun Agarwal

Jason Andersen

It's all about Edge Computing as hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, principal analysts at Moor Insights &amp; Strategy, welcome Jason Andersen, VP of Strategy and Product Management at Stratus.   Jason brings Matt &amp; Steve up-to-speed on what’s happening in the world of edge computing in a wide-ranging conversation about standards (or the lack of), the evolution of edge architectures, the fragmented edge market, the colliding worlds of IT &amp; OT, and how Stratus helps its customers navigate through this confusing world.  There is a whole lot packed into this hour-long discussion, but it's invaluable for anyone working in edge today.  00:00 Kick-it Off  01:25 Catching up with Strategy: Product updates, SGH Acquisition  03:57 Pivoting from Fault-Tolerance to the Edge 08:48 It’s all about Resilience! 11:00 How edge is evolving  13:00 Fragmentation at the edge  16:21 Containerization &amp; Cloud-Native at the edge  20:48 Simplifying the edge control-plane while delivering QoS 23:20 Revisiting 2 Different Worlds as IT &amp; OT Converge 30:10 Security at the Edge  37:22 General attitudes impacting edge deployments 41:14 Where’s Stratus focused in the near-term?  45:14 Importance of the overall solution stack 50:11 Wrapping-Up  50:26 Done Special Guest: Jason Andersen.

It's all about Edge Computing as hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, principal analysts at Moor Insights &amp; Strategy, welcome Jason Andersen, VP of Strategy and Product Management at Stratus. Jason brings Matt &amp; Steve up-to-speed on what’s happening in the world of edge computing in a wide-ranging conversation about standards (or the lack of), the evolution of edge architectures, the fragmented edge market, the colliding worlds of IT &amp; OT, and how Stratus helps its customers navigate through this confusing world. There is a whole lot packed into this hour-long discussion, but it's invaluable for anyone working in edge today. 00:00 Kick-it Off 01:25 Catching up with Strategy: Product updates, SGH Acquisition 03:57 Pivoting from Fault-Tolerance to the Edge 08:48 It’s all about Resilience! 11:00 How edge is evolving 13:00 Fragmentation at the edge 16:21 Containerization &amp; Cloud-Native at the edge 20:48 Simplifying the edge control-plane while delivering QoS 23:20 Revisiting 2 Different Worlds as IT &amp; OT Converge 30:10 Security at the Edge 37:22 General attitudes impacting edge deployments 41:14 Where’s Stratus focused in the near-term? 45:14 Importance of the overall solution stack 50:11 Wrapping-Up 50:26 Done Special Guest: Jason Andersen.

Exploring Edge Computing, with Stratus's Jason Andersen. 

Larry Genovesi

Buildings are becoming intelligent in ways that aren't always obvious, but that can make a huge difference to both tenants and property managers alike. Intelligent buildings are the epitome of the modern edge-to-cloud story, blending together process control, SaaS, and big data analytics to solve very practical problems.  Nobody knows this space better than this week's guest, CTO and co-founder of Embue, Larry Genovesi. Larry, who has a long 20+ year history with hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, has spent his career solving interesting but non-obvious problems.   Embue is Larry's latest venture, bringing bottom-line impacting intelligence into multi-tenent real-estate via its air ducts (quite literally). This episode talks about the real-world implications and challenges of solving practical problems at the edge.  00:00 Spiffy Theme Song &amp; Intro 03:00 Who is Embue? 10:53 What's interesting about smart buildings and HVAC systems?  18:47 Edge is an operational problem, not a data problem. 26:00 Special considerations for making buildings smart. 28:22 Not your normal tech market: selling technology into the facilities management space. 31:14 Challenges of recruiting tech talent into a specialized engineering segment.  37:13 Intersection of Edge, SaaS, and IT: how do you create a new kind of environment? 40:41 What's next in this space, and for Embue? 45:59 Spiffy Outro Music. Special Guest: Larry Genovesi.

Buildings are becoming intelligent in ways that aren't always obvious, but that can make a huge difference to both tenants and property managers alike. Intelligent buildings are the epitome of the modern edge-to-cloud story, blending together process control, SaaS, and big data analytics to solve very practical problems. Nobody knows this space better than this week's guest, CTO and co-founder of Embue, Larry Genovesi. Larry, who has a long 20+ year history with hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, has spent his career solving interesting but non-obvious problems. Embue is Larry's latest venture, bringing bottom-line impacting intelligence into multi-tenent real-estate via its air ducts (quite literally). This episode talks about the real-world implications and challenges of solving practical problems at the edge. 00:00 Spiffy Theme Song &amp; Intro 03:00 Who is Embue? 10:53 What's interesting about smart buildings and HVAC systems? 18:47 Edge is an operational problem, not a data problem. 26:00 Special considerations for making buildings smart. 28:22 Not your normal tech market: selling technology into the facilities management space. 31:14 Challenges of recruiting tech talent into a specialized engineering segment. 37:13 Intersection of Edge, SaaS, and IT: how do you create a new kind of environment? 40:41 What's next in this space, and for Embue? 45:59 Spiffy Outro Music. Special Guest: Larry Genovesi.

Smart Buildings are a Big Data Problem, with Embue CTO Larry Genovesi

Nowhere is cybersecurity more critical than at an enterprise's edge, yet that's also an area with multiple owners and different approaches to the problem. It's a complicated environment.  Gary Cohen, senior editor at CFE Media, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to give us his perspective. CFE Media focuses heavily on tracking the trends influencing the edge.  This is a wide-ranging conversation that touches on IT vs OT, cybersecurity, and even a little baseball &amp; Morrissey.  Tune in! 00:00 Kick Off 01:02 Gary's history with the Chicago Cubs 05:00 Who is CFE Media?  07:00 The complexities of Edge: IT and OT 12:39 Cyber-Security at the Edge 20:23 Supply Chain Concerns 24:07 How does CFE Media engage with edge-focused audiences? 27:40 Cyber-Security Commonalities between IT &amp; OT 29:25 A Conversation about Morrissey 31:08 Wrapping up.  32:44 The end. Special Guest: Gary Cohen.

Nowhere is cybersecurity more critical than at an enterprise's edge, yet that's also an area with multiple owners and different approaches to the problem. It's a complicated environment. Gary Cohen, senior editor at CFE Media, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to give us his perspective. CFE Media focuses heavily on tracking the trends influencing the edge. This is a wide-ranging conversation that touches on IT vs OT, cybersecurity, and even a little baseball &amp; Morrissey. Tune in! 00:00 Kick Off 01:02 Gary's history with the Chicago Cubs 05:00 Who is CFE Media? 07:00 The complexities of Edge: IT and OT 12:39 Cyber-Security at the Edge 20:23 Supply Chain Concerns 24:07 How does CFE Media engage with edge-focused audiences? 27:40 Cyber-Security Commonalities between IT &amp; OT 29:25 A Conversation about Morrissey 31:08 Wrapping up. 32:44 The end. Special Guest: Gary Cohen.

Cyber-Security at the Edge

Data is more critical, more abundant, and less structured than at any point in history. The attributes and uses of data are shifting, stressing traditional relational database management tools that we've come to rely on. NoSQL promises one answer to modern data management.  Couchbase's VP of Product &amp; Solution Marketing, Jeff Morris, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, principal analysts at Moor Insights &amp; Strategy, to talk us through the technology, where its best deployed, and how Couchbase plays in the space.  00:00   Show Open 00:03   Matt's Foolishness 00:45   Let's Talk about NoSQL 01:20   Introduce CouchBase VP Solutions &amp; Product Marketing, Jeff Morris 02:46   How has data management evolved over the past decade? 05:39   Is there a performance hit when moving away from traditional RDMS? 07:54   Optimal use-cases for NoSQL databases 15:45   CouchBase Mobile &amp; Devices 19:53   Is NoSQL a 'big lift' for IT practitioners? 24:44   Capella: CouchBase-as-a-Service 30:33   SQL &amp; NoSQL, a Peaceful Co-Existance? 32:24   Where is CouchBase Focused over the next 12-18 months? 34:37   Wrapping Up. 35:43   The End!Special Guest: Jeff Morris.

Data is more critical, more abundant, and less structured than at any point in history. The attributes and uses of data are shifting, stressing traditional relational database management tools that we've come to rely on. NoSQL promises one answer to modern data management. Couchbase's VP of Product &amp; Solution Marketing, Jeff Morris, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, principal analysts at Moor Insights &amp; Strategy, to talk us through the technology, where its best deployed, and how Couchbase plays in the space. 00:00 Show Open 00:03 Matt's Foolishness 00:45 Let's Talk about NoSQL 01:20 Introduce CouchBase VP Solutions &amp; Product Marketing, Jeff Morris 02:46 How has data management evolved over the past decade? 05:39 Is there a performance hit when moving away from traditional RDMS? 07:54 Optimal use-cases for NoSQL databases 15:45 CouchBase Mobile &amp; Devices 19:53 Is NoSQL a 'big lift' for IT practitioners? 24:44 Capella: CouchBase-as-a-Service 30:33 SQL &amp; NoSQL, a Peaceful Co-Existance? 32:24 Where is CouchBase Focused over the next 12-18 months? 34:37 Wrapping Up. 35:43 The End!Special Guest: Jeff Morris.

Modern Data Architecture: A Look at NoSQL & Couchbase

There is nothing more critical to IT administrators (and their bosses!) than cyber-security and data protection. Old methods of securing our infrastructure are no longer as effective as they once were.  Instead, we're moving into an era of AI-based decisions about what data and traffic to let in, and keep out, of our networks.   Hillstone Networks is a strong innovator in this space. In this episode HIllstone's Tim Liu and Gary Wang join hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to help us understand the evolving nature of cyber-security.  00:00 Kick it off 00:20 Who is Hillstone?  01:06 Application-aware Security 02:37 Using AI and Machine Learning to enhance security 08:05 How has the treat landscape evolved over the past few years?  10:00 Protecting data in the cloud 13:30 Security Kubernetes &amp; container-based workflows 13:58 Who are Hillstone's customers?  16:33 What's next for Hillstone &amp; cyber-security in general?  23:00 Evolving threat landscape  24:54 Wrapping up  25:19 It's over!Special Guests: Gary Wang and Tim Liu.

There is nothing more critical to IT administrators (and their bosses!) than cyber-security and data protection. Old methods of securing our infrastructure are no longer as effective as they once were. Instead, we're moving into an era of AI-based decisions about what data and traffic to let in, and keep out, of our networks. Hillstone Networks is a strong innovator in this space. In this episode HIllstone's Tim Liu and Gary Wang join hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to help us understand the evolving nature of cyber-security. 00:00 Kick it off 00:20 Who is Hillstone? 01:06 Application-aware Security 02:37 Using AI and Machine Learning to enhance security 08:05 How has the treat landscape evolved over the past few years? 10:00 Protecting data in the cloud 13:30 Security Kubernetes &amp; container-based workflows 13:58 Who are Hillstone's customers? 16:33 What's next for Hillstone &amp; cyber-security in general? 23:00 Evolving threat landscape 24:54 Wrapping up 25:19 It's over!Special Guests: Gary Wang and Tim Liu.

The Changing Face of Cyber-Security

Each episode of the DataCentric podcast delves into the latest happenings in information technology, with an eye towards understanding how it all fits together.  This isn't a geeky nuts-and-bolts podcast of how to implement IT, but rather a discussion and dissection of how and where the industry is moving.  Hosted by leading industry analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, the DataCentric podcast covers IT enterprise infrastructure, addressing new technologies, the trends they influence, and even gets a little "inside baseball" in discussing how the technology industry is moving forward.

Each episode of the DataCentric podcast delves into the latest happenings in information technology, with an eye towards understanding how it all fits together. This isn't a geeky nuts-and-bolts podcast of how to implement IT, but rather a discussion and dissection of how and where the industry is moving. Hosted by leading industry analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, the DataCentric podcast covers IT enterprise infrastructure, addressing new technologies, the trends they influence, and even gets a little "inside baseball" in discussing how the technology industry is moving forward.

DataCentric

Eric Herzog

This episode of the DataCentric Podcast has co-host Steve McDowell talking with Eric Herzog. Eric, a long-time veteran of the storage world, is the Chief Marketing Officer and VP WW Storage Channels for IBM Storage.  In a wide-ranging conversation, Eric offers up IBM's vision of what's important in storage. Not to give away the game, but it's all about applications, workloads, and use-cases.  IBM Storage is laser focused on delivering storage technologies (hardware and software solutions) against four of the most impactful IT trends:   Hybrid Multi-Cloud Storage for AI and Big Data Cyber Resiliancy  Modern Data Protection   Beyond this, we talk about IBM's NVMe and NVMe-over-fabric story, and Eric tells us why IBM designs their own flash modules.   If you touch storage at all (and look at those four trends listed above -- you touch storage whether you think you do or not), then tune in and and hear what Eric has to say.  You can find Eric on twitter @zoginstor and linkedin at @erherzog You can Steve McDowell on twitter at @srmcdowell,  Matt Kimball at @MattKimball_MIS, and, of course, Moor Insights &amp; Strategy at @MoorInsStrat. Special Guest: Eric Herzog.

This episode of the DataCentric Podcast has co-host Steve McDowell talking with Eric Herzog. Eric, a long-time veteran of the storage world, is the Chief Marketing Officer and VP WW Storage Channels for IBM Storage. In a wide-ranging conversation, Eric offers up IBM's vision of what's important in storage. Not to give away the game, but it's all about applications, workloads, and use-cases. IBM Storage is laser focused on delivering storage technologies (hardware and software solutions) against four of the most impactful IT trends: <ol> <li>Hybrid Multi-Cloud</li> <li>Storage for AI and Big Data</li> <li>Cyber Resiliancy </li> <li>Modern Data Protection </li> </ol> Beyond this, we talk about IBM's NVMe and NVMe-over-fabric story, and Eric tells us why IBM designs their own flash modules. If you touch storage at all (and look at those four trends listed above -- you touch storage whether you think you do or not), then tune in and and hear what Eric has to say. You can find Eric on twitter @zoginstor and linkedin at @erherzog You can Steve McDowell on twitter at @srmcdowell, Matt Kimball at @MattKimball_MIS, and, of course, Moor Insights &amp; Strategy at @MoorInsStrat. Special Guest: Eric Herzog.

Inside IBM Storage with Eric Herzog, CMO & VP WW Storage Channels

It's 2020, and that means a whole new set of predictions for the year! Join Moor Insights  &amp; Strategy technology analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell as they discuss what they believe will be the most impactful trends impacting data centers and IT architecture over the coming twelve months.  02:21  Silicon Architecture is no longer a buying critera for servers -- it's all about matching capabilities to workloads (whether x86 or ARM) 09:50  The Public Cloud providers will begin a cycle of acquistions to move their offerings up-the-stack.  19:30  The big OEMs will stop talking about servers and storage and instead both double-down on consumption-based compute models, and deliver more workload-specific solution stacks.  28:20  It's not the year of edge (yet), but 5G is deploying and it will be the year that Edge impacts IT planning for the following years.  35:46  The End!

It's 2020, and that means a whole new set of predictions for the year! Join Moor Insights &amp; Strategy technology analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell as they discuss what they believe will be the most impactful trends impacting data centers and IT architecture over the coming twelve months. 02:21 Silicon Architecture is no longer a buying critera for servers -- it's all about matching capabilities to workloads (whether x86 or ARM) 09:50 The Public Cloud providers will begin a cycle of acquistions to move their offerings up-the-stack. 19:30 The big OEMs will stop talking about servers and storage and instead both double-down on consumption-based compute models, and deliver more workload-specific solution stacks. 28:20 It's not the year of edge (yet), but 5G is deploying and it will be the year that Edge impacts IT planning for the following years. 35:46 The End!

Top 2020 DataCenter Trends

On the heels of a big set of announcements from IBM Storage, Eric Herzog, Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Worldwide Storage Channels for IBM, joins Moor Insights &amp; Strategy senior technology analyst Steve McDowell for a conversation about what's new and different from IBM as the company both simplifies its non-mainframe storage offerings with top-to-bottom FlashSystem  products, and continues its efforts to bring that simplicity to a hybrid-multicloud world.  Matt Kimball is away this week on special assignment. Special Guest: Eric Herzog.Links:Overview of IBM Storage Announcements (IBM)IBM Storage Announcement Coverage, with comments by Steve McDowell

On the heels of a big set of announcements from IBM Storage, Eric Herzog, Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Worldwide Storage Channels for IBM, joins Moor Insights &amp; Strategy senior technology analyst Steve McDowell for a conversation about what's new and different from IBM as the company both simplifies its non-mainframe storage offerings with top-to-bottom FlashSystem products, and continues its efforts to bring that simplicity to a hybrid-multicloud world. Matt Kimball is away this week on special assignment. Special Guest: Eric Herzog.Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/storage/news" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Overview of IBM Storage Announcements (IBM)</a></li><li><a href="https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/news/252478577/IBM-Storage-folds-Storwize-arrays-into-FlashSystem-line" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IBM Storage Announcement Coverage, with comments by Steve McDowell</a></li></ul>

Storage-made-Simple with IBM's Eric Herzog

Amazon's massive AWS ReInvent Conference is nearly overwhelming in its breadth and scope, with dozens of announcements spanning numerous  areas, from ARM to AI to on-premises Outpost. Moor Insights &amp; Strategy senior analysts Matt Kimball &amp; Steve McDowell help clear the path and talk about what the sum of it all really means to IT, as well as the rest of the technology industry. 

Amazon's massive AWS ReInvent Conference is nearly overwhelming in its breadth and scope, with dozens of announcements spanning numerous areas, from ARM to AI to on-premises Outpost. Moor Insights &amp; Strategy senior analysts Matt Kimball &amp; Steve McDowell help clear the path and talk about what the sum of it all really means to IT, as well as the rest of the technology industry.

AWS ReInvent 2019 Wrap-Up

It's been an eventful year, but largely one setting chess pieces up for what's to come. Moor Insights &amp; Strategy technology analysts Steve McDowell and Matt Kimball each give their top trends of the past year.   Not to spoil it, but you can jump directly to the topics from the timeline below:  00:50  Silicon is Sexy Again!  Whether we're talking about AMD, ARM, Ampere, NVIDIA, Intel, or one of the emerging players, we're talking about chips. 03:13  The Year of AI Enablement, both applications &amp; inference, with a coming battle for the inference market 05:38  OEMs are Moving to Solution Sales &amp; Application Stacks 08:30  There's a Fight Brewing for On-Prem As-as-Service 13:45  Kubernetes dominated the headlines, but is it here to stay?  16:25  More as-a-service, as we dig deeper into consumption based computing 21:22  The End.

It's been an eventful year, but largely one setting chess pieces up for what's to come. Moor Insights &amp; Strategy technology analysts Steve McDowell and Matt Kimball each give their top trends of the past year. Not to spoil it, but you can jump directly to the topics from the timeline below: 00:50 Silicon is Sexy Again! Whether we're talking about AMD, ARM, Ampere, NVIDIA, Intel, or one of the emerging players, we're talking about chips. 03:13 The Year of AI Enablement, both applications &amp; inference, with a coming battle for the inference market 05:38 OEMs are Moving to Solution Sales &amp; Application Stacks 08:30 There's a Fight Brewing for On-Prem As-as-Service 13:45 Kubernetes dominated the headlines, but is it here to stay? 16:25 More as-a-service, as we dig deeper into consumption based computing 21:22 The End.

Big Trends from 2019

Patrick Kennedy

As ARM TechCon 2019 wraps up in San Jose, hosts  Steve McDowell and Matt Kimball from Moor Insights &amp; Strategy are joined by Patrick Kennedy of Serve the Home in a wide-ranging discussion of the entire microprocessor market, and where ARM fits in.   Here's a general timeline for the discussion, though the topics overlap, so you owe it to yourself to listent to the entire thing.  00:00  Intros 02:20  Big Themes &amp; Announcements from TechCon 03:50  Patrick's views of TechCon from a server, storage, and networking perspective 06:00  ARM at the Edge 10:30  ARM in the Server Market 14:05  ARM in the HPC and other Server-Adjacent Spaces 17:28  ARM in power and performance hungry applications 22:00  Does OpenPOWER and IBM's recent Open Sourcing moves matter?  24:10  Does heated AMD/Intel competition open the door for ARM to gain traction against those players? 27:17  What's Patrick Kennedy and Serve the Home looking forward to in 2020 32:20  Let's talk about Inspur &amp; "Inspur-like" players 38:00  What's Serve the Home doing Differently in the review space?  41:00  Overarching takeaways Special Guest: Patrick Kennedy.Links:Serve the Home

As ARM TechCon 2019 wraps up in San Jose, hosts Steve McDowell and Matt Kimball from Moor Insights &amp; Strategy are joined by Patrick Kennedy of Serve the Home in a wide-ranging discussion of the entire microprocessor market, and where ARM fits in. Here's a general timeline for the discussion, though the topics overlap, so you owe it to yourself to listent to the entire thing. 00:00 Intros 02:20 Big Themes &amp; Announcements from TechCon 03:50 Patrick's views of TechCon from a server, storage, and networking perspective 06:00 ARM at the Edge 10:30 ARM in the Server Market 14:05 ARM in the HPC and other Server-Adjacent Spaces 17:28 ARM in power and performance hungry applications 22:00 Does OpenPOWER and IBM's recent Open Sourcing moves matter? 24:10 Does heated AMD/Intel competition open the door for ARM to gain traction against those players? 27:17 What's Patrick Kennedy and Serve the Home looking forward to in 2020 32:20 Let's talk about Inspur &amp; "Inspur-like" players 38:00 What's Serve the Home doing Differently in the review space? 41:00 Overarching takeaways Special Guest: Patrick Kennedy.Links:<ul><li><a href="https://servethehome.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serve the Home</a></li></ul>

ARM TechCon 2019 Wrap-Up with Patrick Kennedy from Serve The Home

Robert Christiansen

As Hewlett Packard Enterprise launches its bare-metal container platform at KubeCon this week, Moor Insights &amp; Strategy analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell have a conversation with HPE VP and Chief Cloud Strategist Robert Christiansen. The guys talk about how HPE views cloud workloads, and how the power of Kubernetes and containers might just be the right answer for both cloud and edge.   It's a great conversation with unexpected insight about the long-term impact of Kubernetes on IT architecture. HPE is helping to shape that future as it brings the power of MapR and BlueData into the fold.  Listen in.  Thank you to Robert for taking the time to join us this week. Special Guest: Robert Christiansen.Links:HPE Unveils Container Platform

As Hewlett Packard Enterprise launches its bare-metal container platform at KubeCon this week, Moor Insights &amp; Strategy analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell have a conversation with HPE VP and Chief Cloud Strategist Robert Christiansen. The guys talk about how HPE views cloud workloads, and how the power of Kubernetes and containers might just be the right answer for both cloud and edge. It's a great conversation with unexpected insight about the long-term impact of Kubernetes on IT architecture. HPE is helping to shape that future as it brings the power of MapR and BlueData into the fold. Listen in. Thank you to Robert for taking the time to join us this week. Special Guest: Robert Christiansen.Links:<ul><li><a href="https://containerjournal.com/topics/container-ecosystems/hpe-unveils-container-platform/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HPE Unveils Container Platform</a></li></ul>

HPE's Container Platform with HPE Cloud Strategist Robert Christiansen

NetApp is about more than just about on-prem enterprise storage. They are changing with the industry as it embraces HCI, Cloud Native, and Kubernetes as part of the Data Fabric. This is critical to the company's strategy.   We had the chance to sit separately with NetApp's SVP &amp; GM of Cloud Native (which includes its Kubernetes/Containers activity) Anthony Lye to talk about how NetApp and its enterprise customers view that space, as well as how they are evolving from an "on-prem first" storage player into a multi-cloud and cloud-native solution.  We also had a great conversation with NetApp's Chief HCI Architect Adam Carter  at the show who talked about the philosophy behind NetApp's untraditional approach to HCI.   This one is a great listen, and we owe a serious debt of graditude to both Anthony and Adam for making the time at a busy event, as well as the entire NetApp A/R and PR team who made it all happen.  00:00 - 05:15 Matt &amp; Steve hit on some recent news &amp; travel, including Micron 3D XPoint and FujiFilm's IT Summit 05:15 - 24:00  NetApp HCI with Adam Carter, as well as Matt &amp; Steve's post-interview discussion &amp; thoughts 24:00 - 34:50  NetApp's Cloud Native and Container Strategy with NetApp GM and SVP Anthony Lye 34:50 - 36:32  Wrapping UpSpecial Guests: Adam Carter and Anthony Lye.Links:NetApp Cloud Native ApplicationsNetApp HCI

NetApp is about more than just about on-prem enterprise storage. They are changing with the industry as it embraces HCI, Cloud Native, and Kubernetes as part of the Data Fabric. This is critical to the company's strategy. We had the chance to sit separately with NetApp's SVP &amp; GM of Cloud Native (which includes its Kubernetes/Containers activity) Anthony Lye to talk about how NetApp and its enterprise customers view that space, as well as how they are evolving from an "on-prem first" storage player into a multi-cloud and cloud-native solution. We also had a great conversation with NetApp's Chief HCI Architect Adam Carter at the show who talked about the philosophy behind NetApp's untraditional approach to HCI. This one is a great listen, and we owe a serious debt of graditude to both Anthony and Adam for making the time at a busy event, as well as the entire NetApp A/R and PR team who made it all happen. 00:00 - 05:15 Matt &amp; Steve hit on some recent news &amp; travel, including Micron 3D XPoint and FujiFilm's IT Summit 05:15 - 24:00 NetApp HCI with Adam Carter, as well as Matt &amp; Steve's post-interview discussion &amp; thoughts 24:00 - 34:50 NetApp's Cloud Native and Container Strategy with NetApp GM and SVP Anthony Lye 34:50 - 36:32 Wrapping UpSpecial Guests: Adam Carter and Anthony Lye.Links:<ul><li><a href="https://cloud.netapp.com/cloud-native-applications" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NetApp Cloud Native Applications</a></li><li><a href="https://www.netapp.com/us/products/converged-systems/hyper-converged-infrastructure.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NetApp HCI</a></li></ul>

NetApp talks about Cloud Native, Containers, & HCI

Mohamed Awad

Arm's Mohamed Awad, as VP in Arm's Infrastructure group, is front-and-center in their architecture's invasion into enterprise compute. Let's look at where ARM stands in the enterprise today:   Nearly every tier-1 OEM has an Arm server offering Every major public cloud vendor offers Arm instances NVIDIA, Marvell, Fujitsu, &amp; Ampere jointed announced an Arm-based Super Computer reference platform  at SC19 this week   As we look forward towards a 5G-enabled edge, Arm is finding itself ideally situated to play aggressively in thatspace.  It's not about mobile processing anymore.    Mohamed joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about what it all means, and where it's all going. Special Guest: Mohamed Awad.

Arm's Mohamed Awad, as VP in Arm's Infrastructure group, is front-and-center in their architecture's invasion into enterprise compute. Let's look at where ARM stands in the enterprise today: <ul> <li>Nearly every tier-1 OEM has an Arm server offering</li> <li>Every major public cloud vendor offers Arm instances</li> <li>NVIDIA, Marvell, Fujitsu, &amp; Ampere jointed announced an Arm-based Super Computer reference platform at SC19 this week </li> </ul> As we look forward towards a 5G-enabled edge, Arm is finding itself ideally situated to play aggressively in thatspace. It's not about mobile processing anymore. Mohamed joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about what it all means, and where it's all going. Special Guest: Mohamed Awad.

Live with Arm's Mohamed Awad, VP Infrastructure LOB

It's been a busy few weeks as the fall conference season hits its stride. In this episode, Moor Insights &amp; Strategy analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell talk about it all:  Microsoft Ignite, VMworld Europe, NVIDIA GTC DC announcements. There's also chip news as AMD delivers a stellar quarter, Intel has a benchmark oops (and then recovers), and lots of discussion of ARM and Edge.  Join us for our unique perspective.  Times:  00:00  Microsoft Ignite: Azure News 13:24  AMD’s stellar quarter 19:00  Intel’s Benchmark Oops 24:35  VMWorld Europe 27:00  ARM at the Edge &amp; in the Datacenter 32:00  NVIDIA GTC DC + NV at the Edge 46:43  That's all!Links:Five most significant announcements from Microsoft IgniteVMWorld Europe AnnouncementsAMD EarningsIntel's Misleading Benchmarks?

It's been a busy few weeks as the fall conference season hits its stride. In this episode, Moor Insights &amp; Strategy analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell talk about it all: Microsoft Ignite, VMworld Europe, NVIDIA GTC DC announcements. There's also chip news as AMD delivers a stellar quarter, Intel has a benchmark oops (and then recovers), and lots of discussion of ARM and Edge. Join us for our unique perspective. Times: 00:00 Microsoft Ignite: Azure News 13:24 AMD’s stellar quarter 19:00 Intel’s Benchmark Oops 24:35 VMWorld Europe 27:00 ARM at the Edge &amp; in the Datacenter 32:00 NVIDIA GTC DC + NV at the Edge 46:43 That's all!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/news/2019/nov/13/five-most-significant-announcements-microsoft-ignite-and-what-they-mean-you/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Five most significant announcements from Microsoft Ignite</a></li><li><a href="https://www.vmware.com/products/whats-new.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VMWorld Europe Announcements</a></li><li><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amd-stock-ticks-higher-after-earnings-come-in-about-as-expected-2019-10-29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AMD Earnings</a></li><li><a href="https://www.servethehome.com/intel-performance-strategy-team-publishing-intentionally-misleading-benchmarks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Intel's Misleading Benchmarks?</a></li></ul>

November 2019 Event News Roundup:  Microsoft Ignite, VMWorld Europe, NVIDIA GTC DC & More!

It's been a busy few weeks on the earnings front, as Intel blows away all estimates, AMD does well enough, and the cloud wars continue to rage with Google Cloud, Amazon AWS, and Microsoft Azure.   That, and both VMware and Cisco are back in the news.  What's it all mean? Tune in and find out.  01:50  Is the VMWare multi-core license change really a big deal?  06:40  Intel Earnings recap 09:30  AMD Earnings 11:35  Lisa Su joins Cisco's board + what's going on with Cisco's server business?  16;42  What are Google, Amazon, and Microsoft's earnings tell us about the state of the cloud market?  19:26  Thinking about Cloud &amp; On-Prem As-a-Service 24:07  That's a wrap!Links:Cisco Appoints Dr Lisa Su to the BoD — Cisco Systems, Inc. appointed AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su to its board of directors on Monday, January 27th. What does this mean for Cisco? And how does AMD benefit from this appointment? This quick take will attempt to answer these questions and more. What AMD and Intel numbers tell us about the DataCenter Business — Earnings season is in full swing—both AMD and Intel announced 4th quarter (and annual) results recently. Both companies claimed strong quarters with robust growth. The following few paragraphs will attempt to dissect those numbers in a little more detail and provide some guidance on what these numbers say about the 2020 business outlook.

It's been a busy few weeks on the earnings front, as Intel blows away all estimates, AMD does well enough, and the cloud wars continue to rage with Google Cloud, Amazon AWS, and Microsoft Azure. That, and both VMware and Cisco are back in the news. What's it all mean? Tune in and find out. 01:50 Is the VMWare multi-core license change really a big deal? 06:40 Intel Earnings recap 09:30 AMD Earnings 11:35 Lisa Su joins Cisco's board + what's going on with Cisco's server business? 16;42 What are Google, Amazon, and Microsoft's earnings tell us about the state of the cloud market? 19:26 Thinking about Cloud &amp; On-Prem As-a-Service 24:07 That's a wrap!Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2020/02/05/analyst-quick-take-cisco-appoints-dr-lisa-su-to-board-of-directors/#e3c132164d8d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cisco Appoints Dr Lisa Su to the BoD</a> — Cisco Systems, Inc. appointed AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su to its board of directors on Monday, January 27th. What does this mean for Cisco? And how does AMD benefit from this appointment? This quick take will attempt to answer these questions and more. </li><li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2020/02/06/what-amd-and-intel-quarterly-numbers-say-about-datacenter-business/#1fed17571981" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What AMD and Intel numbers tell us about the DataCenter Business</a> — Earnings season is in full swing—both AMD and Intel announced 4th quarter (and annual) results recently. Both companies claimed strong quarters with robust growth. The following few paragraphs will attempt to dissect those numbers in a little more detail and provide some guidance on what these numbers say about the 2020 business outlook.</li></ul>

Earnings Galore: AMD & Intel + All the Cloud Guys (plus some VMware & Cisco)

Last week was a big week for earnings, with Hewlett Packard Enterprise beating the street and providing some intriguing commentary in their conference call, Pure Storage misses its number while putting up great growth numbers, and NetApp is clearly struggling.  All that, along with good discussion of Lenovo, plus grossly uneducated musings on China &amp; Huawei.  Looking to jump to the part you're interested in?  Here's where things line up:  1:00 Themes across all earnings: this there an elongation of the enteprise sales cycle? What's it really mean? 3:00 HPE Earnings:  Cray Acquistion, Edge, Servers, Storage, Software Defined, GreenLake 14:50 NetApp Earnings:  we continue to be bearish, unless they go deeper with Lenovo 23:40 Pure Storage Earnings: Don’t be fooled — their earnings don’t reflect their momentum. 32:00 China: Some uneducated discussion about latest news. 38:00 Miscellaneous News: AMD, Intel Bugs, plus random musings 41:32 What’s coming up? HPE Discover.

Last week was a big week for earnings, with Hewlett Packard Enterprise beating the street and providing some intriguing commentary in their conference call, Pure Storage misses its number while putting up great growth numbers, and NetApp is clearly struggling. All that, along with good discussion of Lenovo, plus grossly uneducated musings on China &amp; Huawei. Looking to jump to the part you're interested in? Here's where things line up: 1:00 Themes across all earnings: this there an elongation of the enteprise sales cycle? What's it really mean? 3:00 HPE Earnings: Cray Acquistion, Edge, Servers, Storage, Software Defined, GreenLake 14:50 NetApp Earnings: we continue to be bearish, unless they go deeper with Lenovo 23:40 Pure Storage Earnings: Don’t be fooled — their earnings don’t reflect their momentum. 32:00 China: Some uneducated discussion about latest news. 38:00 Miscellaneous News: AMD, Intel Bugs, plus random musings 41:32 What’s coming up? HPE Discover.

May 28, 2019: Earnings Extravaganza!  HPE! Pure Storage! NetApp! Plus China, Huawei, Lenovo, and More!

Clark Brown

In the data era, data protection is everything. Cyber resilience can mean life and death for companies that rely on intelligence to drive business. So what’s more important? Securing your organization? Or being able to quickly recover from cyberattacks without having to pay ridiculous ransom amounts to a group of hackers in Eastern Europe?  The answer is “both.” In this Datacentric podcast, Steve and Matt speak with Arcserve about its partnership with Sophos and how this integrated solution can help in both the prevention and recovery from cyber incidents. Oussama El-Hilali, Arcserve’s CTO and Clark Brown, VP of Channel Sale and Strategic partnerships talk about the trends leading to this partnership and how they view the market evolving.Special Guests: Clark Brown and Oussama El-Hilali.

In the data era, data protection is everything. Cyber resilience can mean life and death for companies that rely on intelligence to drive business. So what’s more important? Securing your organization? Or being able to quickly recover from cyberattacks without having to pay ridiculous ransom amounts to a group of hackers in Eastern Europe?  The answer is “both.” In this Datacentric podcast, Steve and Matt speak with Arcserve about its partnership with Sophos and how this integrated solution can help in both the prevention and recovery from cyber incidents. Oussama El-Hilali, Arcserve’s CTO and Clark Brown, VP of Channel Sale and Strategic partnerships talk about the trends leading to this partnership and how they view the market evolving.Special Guests: Clark Brown and Oussama El-Hilali.

Talking Data Protection with Arcserve CTO  Oussama El-Hilali & VP of Strategic Partnerships Clark Brown

Jeff Ready

Scale Computing is a pioneer in HCI (inventing, in fact, the very term).   The company has just come off a record year demonstrating 90% growth. They also recently showed off a full HCI cluster running on an Intel NUC.  Scale's CEO and Co-Founder Jeff Ready joins us on this episode of DataCentric, where we talk about:   The origins of Scale Computing, and HCI Where HCI fits into enteprise architecture Why HCI is a great fit for the edge, both as it exists today (ROBO, etc), as well as what will be enabled by 5G.  What Scale Computing is doing differently in the world of HCI.  Special Guest: Jeff Ready.Links:Steve's Forbes Column on Scale ComputingMoor Insights &amp; Strategy Qualitative Report of Scale Computing's HC3 HCI SolutionScale Computing's January 2020 Announcement of 2019 Performance

Scale Computing is a pioneer in HCI (inventing, in fact, the very term). The company has just come off a record year demonstrating 90% growth. They also recently showed off a full HCI cluster running on an Intel NUC. Scale's CEO and Co-Founder Jeff Ready joins us on this episode of DataCentric, where we talk about: <ul> <li>The origins of Scale Computing, and HCI</li> <li>Where HCI fits into enteprise architecture</li> <li>Why HCI is a great fit for the edge, both as it exists today (ROBO, etc), as well as what will be enabled by 5G. </li> <li>What Scale Computing is doing differently in the world of HCI. </li> </ul>Special Guest: Jeff Ready.Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2020/01/23/scale-computings-edge-to-enterprise-hci/#3164bf7f7f3a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve's Forbes Column on Scale Computing</a></li><li><a href="http://www.moorinsightsstrategy.com/research-paper-scale-computing-hc3-a-qualitative-evaluation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Moor Insights &amp; Strategy Qualitative Report of Scale Computing's HC3 HCI Solution</a></li><li><a href="https://www.scalecomputing.com/press-releases/scale-computing-delivers-yearly-growth-rate-of-over-90-in-total-software-revenue-driven-by-oem-relationships" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scale Computing's January 2020 Announcement of 2019 Performance</a></li></ul>

Scale Computing CEO & Co-Founder Jeff Ready talks HCI

Caitlin Gordon

Dell Technologies shakes up the hot midrange storage market with the introduction of its long-anticipated offering: the Dell EMC PowerStore.   Dell's vice president of productg marketing, Caitlin Gordon, joins hosts Matt Kimball &amp; Steve McDowell to talk through the vision of the new offering, as well as offering insights into some of the things that make this one unique -- things like an embedded hypervisor, in-the-box AI, new upgrade options, why this will be the last data migration Dell's customers face, and much, much more.  Special Guest: Caitlin Gordon.

Dell Technologies shakes up the hot midrange storage market with the introduction of its long-anticipated offering: the Dell EMC PowerStore. Dell's vice president of productg marketing, Caitlin Gordon, joins hosts Matt Kimball &amp; Steve McDowell to talk through the vision of the new offering, as well as offering insights into some of the things that make this one unique -- things like an embedded hypervisor, in-the-box AI, new upgrade options, why this will be the last data migration Dell's customers face, and much, much more. Special Guest: Caitlin Gordon.

Inside the new Dell EMC PowerStore Mid-Range Storage Solution w/ Dell's Caitlin Gordon

Shawn Rosemarin

IT infrastructure needs maintenance, and, as we reconfigure for a remote workforce, it needs critical expansion. This is challenging in an environment where social distancing has become the norm.  What does it take to deploy, maintain, and grow infrastructure in this environment? Pure Storage's VP of of World Wide Systems Engineering joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about this, as well as what Pure is doing to help out.  The group talks about installation options, how infrastructure (and storage) as-a-service facilitates expansion, the role of remote managment and predictive analytics tools, as well as what it might all mean long-term.  A great conversation.  Thank you to Shawn, and the gang at Pure Storage, for helping us put together a great podcast. Special Guest: Shawn Rosemarin.Links:Pure Storage Remote Installation Options — Many of our customers are facing a new challenge during these unusual times. Physical access to facilities for third parties is not always possible, and in fact, may be limited by the facility owner. Meanwhile, the need for reliable data services is growing exponentially as more employees work remotely. Today we’re excited to introduce a simple and modern option to install and activate your FlashArray™ systems, even when it’s not possible to physically bring third parties onsite. Pure Storage Expands Remote Installation to FlashBlade — We recently posted about how it’s not always possible to provide third parties with physical access to your facilities, especially now. Meanwhile, the need for reliable data services across block, file, and object storage is growing exponentially as more employees need remote access to data.In keeping our focus on what you need most right now, we’re introducing a new way to get you up and running — even when it’s not possible for our teams to physically work onsite in your facilities. Remote Installation Service for FlashBlade™ is now available from the Pure Storage® Customer Experience team.

IT infrastructure needs maintenance, and, as we reconfigure for a remote workforce, it needs critical expansion. This is challenging in an environment where social distancing has become the norm. What does it take to deploy, maintain, and grow infrastructure in this environment? Pure Storage's VP of of World Wide Systems Engineering joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about this, as well as what Pure is doing to help out. The group talks about installation options, how infrastructure (and storage) as-a-service facilitates expansion, the role of remote managment and predictive analytics tools, as well as what it might all mean long-term. A great conversation. Thank you to Shawn, and the gang at Pure Storage, for helping us put together a great podcast. Special Guest: Shawn Rosemarin.Links:<ul><li><a href="https://blog.purestorage.com/installation-pure-flasharray/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pure Storage Remote Installation Options</a> — Many of our customers are facing a new challenge during these unusual times. Physical access to facilities for third parties is not always possible, and in fact, may be limited by the facility owner. Meanwhile, the need for reliable data services is growing exponentially as more employees work remotely. Today we’re excited to introduce a simple and modern option to install and activate your FlashArray™ systems, even when it’s not possible to physically bring third parties onsite. </li><li><a href="https://blog.purestorage.com/remote-installation-flashblade/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pure Storage Expands Remote Installation to FlashBlade</a> — We recently posted about how it’s not always possible to provide third parties with physical access to your facilities, especially now. Meanwhile, the need for reliable data services across block, file, and object storage is growing exponentially as more employees need remote access to data. In keeping our focus on what you need most right now, we’re introducing a new way to get you up and running — even when it’s not possible for our teams to physically work onsite in your facilities. Remote Installation Service for FlashBlade™ is now available from the Pure Storage® Customer Experience team.</li></ul>

Infrastructure Management & Deployment in a Quarantined World, with Pure Storage's Shawn Rosemarin

HCI has become a rare success story, a technology that continues to grow at 25-30% year-over-year.  There isn't a technology company doing more to fuel that growth than VMware, with its leading vSAN solution.  vSAN almost defines HCI, owning nearly 40% of the all HCI installations (with Nutanix hot on its heels with 27% of the market).    The face of vSAN for VMware is Lee Caswell, and this week Lee joins Matt &amp; Steve to talk about what's behind the growth of HCI as a technology, what's happening in that world today, and where it's all heading.   Lee talk with Matt &amp; Steve about what's behind the continued growth of HCI,  why it's become nearly ubiquitous in the enterprise, and how the technology is evolving the serve the needs of the modern hybrid-multicloud world.   Lee also shares his thoughts about the future of HCI.   This is a great conversation -- don't miss it.Special Guest: Lee Caswell .

HCI has become a rare success story, a technology that continues to grow at 25-30% year-over-year. There isn't a technology company doing more to fuel that growth than VMware, with its leading vSAN solution. vSAN almost defines HCI, owning nearly 40% of the all HCI installations (with Nutanix hot on its heels with 27% of the market). The face of vSAN for VMware is Lee Caswell, and this week Lee joins Matt &amp; Steve to talk about what's behind the growth of HCI as a technology, what's happening in that world today, and where it's all heading. Lee talk with Matt &amp; Steve about what's behind the continued growth of HCI, why it's become nearly ubiquitous in the enterprise, and how the technology is evolving the serve the needs of the modern hybrid-multicloud world. Lee also shares his thoughts about the future of HCI. This is a great conversation -- don't miss it.Special Guest: Lee Caswell .

HCI & vSAN with VMWare's Lee Caswell

The Intelligent Edge, encompassing "devices that aren't in the datacenter", is growing at a nearly exponential rate.  This challenges how traditional IT thinks about managing intelligent infrastructure, especially at the intersection of IT and OT, forcing everyone to think just a little bit differently -- all of this as nearly every company is forging their own paths.  DataCentric hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell are joined by two experts in this field: Jon Green, VP and Chief Security Technologist and Aruba, a Hewlett Packard company,  and Tim Ferrell, master cybersecurity architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, bring their unique perspectives about the challenges involved.  The gang ponders the how IT should think about evolving people, processes, and practices in the age of the Intelligent Edge.   This episode is sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Special Guests: Jon Green and Tim Ferrell.Sponsored By:Links:CyberSecurity in the Edge Era: A Practitioner's Guide (Research Paper)

The Intelligent Edge, encompassing "devices that aren't in the datacenter", is growing at a nearly exponential rate. This challenges how traditional IT thinks about managing intelligent infrastructure, especially at the intersection of IT and OT, forcing everyone to think just a little bit differently -- all of this as nearly every company is forging their own paths. DataCentric hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell are joined by two experts in this field: Jon Green, VP and Chief Security Technologist and Aruba, a Hewlett Packard company, and Tim Ferrell, master cybersecurity architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, bring their unique perspectives about the challenges involved. The gang ponders the how IT should think about evolving people, processes, and practices in the age of the Intelligent Edge. This episode is sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Special Guests: Jon Green and Tim Ferrell.Sponsored By:<ul><li></li></ul>Links:<ul><li><a href="http://www.moorinsightsstrategy.com/research-paper-cybersecurity-in-the-edge-era-a-practitioners-guide/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CyberSecurity in the Edge Era: A Practitioner's Guide (Research Paper)</a></li></ul>

Cybersecurity in the age of the Intelligent Edge: A conversation with HPE and Aruba 

Now that we've seen earnings from all of the tier-one infrastructure players, hosts Steve McDowell &amp; Matt Kimball talk about what the flat-to-down quarter means to the overall enterprise infrastructure market.  There are earnings from Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Vmware, as well as other recent earnings announcements, that give us color.  The HCI space is also continuing its hot streak, with VSAN delivering $900M in bookings to Vmware, while Nutanix also continues to grow at a nearly 50% growth rate. But are they leaving room on the edge and in ROBO for more single-focused competitors like Scale Computing?   The ARM cloud market saw a major new introduction this past week with Ampere's announcement of it's 80-core server part targeting the hyperscale market, but was disappointingly sparse with benchmark numbers. Who wins &amp; loses here?  Matt &amp; Steve talk about it.  Finally, on the backside of AMD financial analyst day we  talk about AMD's continual and aggressive push in the server market, their giant win with HPE for a massive DOE supercomputing project, &amp; everyone's push against Nvidia for enterprise AI.  It's a lot.  Skip to your favorite sections:  01:42  Infrastructure Market  14:22  HCI Market 24:54 Ampere brings ARM into the Hyperscaled Data Center 34:40  AMD continues its surge forward. Should Intel be worried?  43:38  Matt &amp; Steve's closing thoughts.  48:29  The End. Links:Dell Technologies Earnings PresentationHPE Earnings PresentationVmware Earnings PresentationHPE/Cray &amp; AMD win DOE's El Capitan Supercomputer BidInside Ampere's Altra 80-core ARM part (from servethehome.com)Intel's Jim Keller reads "mean tweets" Jim Keller video podcast with Lex Fridmen (youtube)

Now that we've seen earnings from all of the tier-one infrastructure players, hosts Steve McDowell &amp; Matt Kimball talk about what the flat-to-down quarter means to the overall enterprise infrastructure market. There are earnings from Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Vmware, as well as other recent earnings announcements, that give us color. The HCI space is also continuing its hot streak, with VSAN delivering $900M in bookings to Vmware, while Nutanix also continues to grow at a nearly 50% growth rate. But are they leaving room on the edge and in ROBO for more single-focused competitors like Scale Computing? The ARM cloud market saw a major new introduction this past week with Ampere's announcement of it's 80-core server part targeting the hyperscale market, but was disappointingly sparse with benchmark numbers. Who wins &amp; loses here? Matt &amp; Steve talk about it. Finally, on the backside of AMD financial analyst day we talk about AMD's continual and aggressive push in the server market, their giant win with HPE for a massive DOE supercomputing project, &amp; everyone's push against Nvidia for enterprise AI. It's a lot. Skip to your favorite sections: 01:42 Infrastructure Market 14:22 HCI Market 24:54 Ampere brings ARM into the Hyperscaled Data Center 34:40 AMD continues its surge forward. Should Intel be worried? 43:38 Matt &amp; Steve's closing thoughts. 48:29 The End. Links:<ul><li><a href="https://investors.delltechnologies.com/static-files/0595fbdd-7e35-405b-8e44-599dd8afccb7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dell Technologies Earnings Presentation</a></li><li><a href="https://investors.hpe.com/~/media/Files/H/HP-Enterprise-IR/documents/q1-2020/q1-2020-earnings-presentation.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HPE Earnings Presentation</a></li><li><a href="https://ir.vmware.com/download/companies/vmware/Presentations/Q4-20%20Earnings%20Slides%20with%20Guidance.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vmware Earnings Presentation</a></li><li><a href="https://www.llnl.gov/news/llnl-and-hpe-partner-amd-el-capitan-projected-worlds-fastest-supercomputer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HPE/Cray &amp; AMD win DOE's El Capitan Supercomputer Bid</a></li><li><a href="https://www.servethehome.com/ampere-altra-80-arm-cores-for-cloud/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inside Ampere's Altra 80-core ARM part (from servethehome.com)</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/magicsilicon/status/1233159429987504128" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Intel's Jim Keller reads "mean tweets" </a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb2tebYAaOA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jim Keller video podcast with Lex Fridmen (youtube)</a></li></ul>

Post-Earnings Enterprise Infrastructure Market, New ARM-based Ampere Server CPUs, & AMD Financial Day

Dell Technologies releases new edge products, HPE drops a new micro-server for edge and SMB, and Lenovo announces earnings. What's it all mean? Where's it all fit? Moor Insights &amp; Strategy technology analysts Matt Kimball and Server McDowell try to figure it all out.  Timeline:  04:15 New Edge offerings from Dell Technologies  14:55 Huawei and the Edge  18:25 HPE Proliant Microserver Gen 10 23:24 New Entry-Level EPYC parts from AMD 24:12 Lenovo Earnings 34:29 Tidying UpLinks:Dell Introduces New Edge ProductsLenovo Delivers Record EarningsAMD Expand EPYC Lineup

Dell Technologies releases new edge products, HPE drops a new micro-server for edge and SMB, and Lenovo announces earnings. What's it all mean? Where's it all fit? Moor Insights &amp; Strategy technology analysts Matt Kimball and Server McDowell try to figure it all out. Timeline: 04:15 New Edge offerings from Dell Technologies 14:55 Huawei and the Edge 18:25 HPE Proliant Microserver Gen 10 23:24 New Entry-Level EPYC parts from AMD 24:12 Lenovo Earnings 34:29 Tidying UpLinks:<ul><li><a href="https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/dell-emc/dell-intros-new-micro-data-center-server-software-edge-computing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dell Introduces New Edge Products</a></li><li><a href="https://www.crn.com/news/data-center/lenovo-software-and-services-hit-1-billion-mark-as-pc-sales-surge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lenovo Delivers Record Earnings</a></li><li><a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/15528/amd-expands-epyc-lineup-with-epyc-7662-epyc-7532-cpus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AMD Expand EPYC Lineup</a></li></ul>

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