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MyService360 is a solution that I can really see the value of, and is one that I wish I had access to when I was a Systems Administrator, due to the ease at which it consolidates highly useful service-centric data relating to EMC based appliances in your IT environment. The following is a high level […] The post #19 – EMC MyService360 with Dr Rex Martin appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

EMC Isilon is a scale-out (ie: add more nodes/instances to increase capacity and throughput) storage platform for unstructured data, up to a capacity 50PB! It comes with a rich feature set including point-in-time data backup protection and file restoration (SnapshotIQ), asynchronous data replication for disaster recovery, business continuity, disk-to-disk backup, and remote archiving (SyncIQ). The […] The post #18 – EMC Isilon OneFS .Next with Ashish Palekar & Ed Beauvais appeared first on...

Simulated EMC Celerra and VNX instances have been around for a few years now, and has provided many with the ability to become familiar with web based Unisphere management interface and how to setup and configure a Celerra and/or VNX instance. These simulators have their limitations, and as the name suggests, are just simulators. EMC […] The post #17 – EMC vVNX with Rahul Pradhan & Phil Triede appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

EMC XtremIO is an exciting all-flash array offering, that offers not only performance (as you’d expect from an all-flash array) and scalability, but also has exciting and cost-saving features such as de-duplication & compression. Itzik Reich, CTO of EMC XtremIO, takes us through what XtremIO is, it’s features, how it fits into the EMC portfolio […] The post #16 – EMC XtremIO with CTO, Itzik Reich appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

ScaleIO is at the forefront of EMC’s Software Defined Storage (SDS), providing performance and flexibility for those businesses looking at moving towards a SDS storage model. Jeff Thomas (JT) joins me in this episode of the Data Center Insiders Podcast to discuss what ScaleIO is, a high-level architectural overview, the benefits it brings over traditional storage […] The post #15 – EMC ScaleIO with Jeff Thomas appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

Chad Sakac (aka Virtual Geek) joins me in this episode of the Data Center Insiders podcast to discuss his industry observations. We are definitely in a period of transition within the IT industry. Meeting with many global businesses to discuss their IT strategy each week, Chad is armed with plenty of front-line and real-world feedback […] The post #14 – INDUSTRY OBSERVATIONS with Chad Sakac appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

EMC having been running a really interesting new project called ‘EMC {code}’. This initiative has been running for over a year now and during this time has made amazing inroads to connecting with open communities, providing the development community with OpenSource code, support, know-how and tools to better create open applications and utilities. EMC has a number of […] The post #13 – EMC {code} PROJECT with Brian Gracely appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

In this episode I speak with Chad Dunn, EMC’s Senior Director of VSPEX, about VSPEX BLUE, how hyper-converged architectures fit into the IT industry, what differentiates EMC’s EVO:RAIL based hyper-converged product, and also go into more depth on VSPEX BLUE itself. EMC VSPEX BLUE is a scale-out reference architecture based on EMC hardware and the […] The post #12 – EMC VSPEX BLUE with Chad Dunn appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

VMware EVO:RAIL was announced by VMware at VMworld in San Francisco last year (2014). This is a hyper-converged infrastructure product which means the components that typically make up a traditional IT infrastructure, such as server, storage and networking are consolidated down to a single physical appliance (albeit using a top-of-rack 10Gb switch for inter and […] The post #11 – VMware EVO:RAIL with Mike Laverick appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

OpenStack is evolving and gaining traction, with many businesses looking towards OpenStack as a potential Public Cloud platform alternative to the likes of AWS. Though for many in the industry OpenStack is still something of an unknown frontier. To help shed some light on the topic I speak with Ken Hui (EMC’s OpenStack Cloud Solutions […] The post #10 – OpenStack with Kenneth Hui appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

Hi folks, it’s been quite a while since I last recorded a Data Centre Insiders podcast, so it was great to kick things off again and what better way than having on the show, Jim Sanzone (EMC Solutions Technical Marketing Director), to discuss Hybrid Cloud and EMC’s new Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC) solution. With Hybrid […] The post #9 – Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC) with Jim Sanzone appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

Alex Almeida is the Senior Technical Manager from EMC’s Backup & Recovery Systems Division, and a backup guy from way-back. With the recent big announcements from EMC around most of its backup and recovery products I thought this would be an excellent time to get Alex on the podcast to talk through some of the […] The post #8 – EMC Backup & Recovery with Alex Almeida appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

In this episode of the Data Center Insiders podcast I speak with the one and only Virtual Geek, Chad Sakac. As always I enjoy my conversations with Chad and his excellent knowledge of technology and the IT industry on the whole. We cover a wide range of topics including: – Life after creating the vSpecialist […] The post #7 – Software Defined with Chad Sakac appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

In this episode of the Data Center Insiders podcast I am joined by EMC Senior Social Engagement Manager, Matthew Brender (Twitter: @mjbrender). In the podcast we cover the topics of what Matthew’s role entails, EMC Elect, what does “Social Engagement” mean and finally what is the best approach to ensure success, acceptance, and importantly, how […] The post #6 – Social Media in IT & EMC’ with Matthew Brender appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

In this episode of the Data Center Insiders podcast I speak with Matthew Yeager, EMC VMAX Cloud Edition Team Lead (EMEA), about the recent EMC VMAX Cloud Edition storage offering. We discuss what the VMAX Cloud Edition is, it’s high level functionality, how it differs from the standard EMC VMAX, it’s use cases and where […] The post #5 – EMC VMAX Cloud Edition with Matthew Yeager appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

In this episode of the Data Center Insiders podcast, Brian & Simon are joined by Mark Twomey (EMC Office of the CTO, Backup & Recovery) to discuss the current state of Backups in relation to the mass of data now produced, Virtualization & Cloud Computing. Show Links: Mark Twomey’s (Storagezilla) Blog Check out some of […] The post #4 – The State of Backup Technology with Mark Twomey appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

In this episode of the Data Center Insiders podcast, Brian and Simon are joined by Jeramiah Dooley (VCE Office of the CTO) to discuss things Vblock, VCE and Converged Infrastructure. Want to find out more with what and where VCE are doing in the industry at present? Then this is the episode for you. Show […] The post #3 – VCE with Jeramiah Dooley appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

In this episode of the Data Center Insiders podcast, Brian and I are joined by Scott Lowe (EMC Technologist, author and blogger), where we talk about the OpenStack Cloud and associated projects and Scott’s involvement with them. Show Links: OpenStack – Cloud Software DevStack OpenStack Summit – Session Videos Scott Lowe’s Blog Piston Cloud Computing […] The post #2 – OpenStack with Scott Lowe appeared first on Data Center Insiders.

We are proud to announce our first, of many, podcasts! A new podcast episode will be recorded and released weekly where we will invite on various guests from within EMC and partners to discuss various aspects of the IT industry, technologies and products which are contributing towards the transformation of IT, both today and in […] The post #1 – IT Transformational Challenges & the Software Defined Data Center with Chuck Hollis appeared first on Data Center Insiders.