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Rick Vanover

Product Strategy Specialist

Cisco Champion

Rick Vanover is a Product Strategy Specialist for Veeam.  Rick’s passion for challenges led to his commitment to educate and communicate at all levels—engaging those new to virtualization as well as those who are experts.  As a popular blogger, podcaster and active member of the virtualization community, Rick builds relationships and spreads excitement about Veeam solutions.  Before becoming the “go-to” guy for virtualization questions, Rick was in system administration and IT management.  His certifications and community designations include MCITP, vExpert, VCP and Cisco Champion.

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April 14, 2015

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High performance backup storage: Cisco UCS C3160

I don’t know about you, but the thought of using a “server” as a “backup storage” resource may sound a bit odd at first. After this post, you may change your tune. Let’s dig into this a bit. I’m sure you’ve heard of the Cisco UCS Unified Computing line of servers and their associated Fabric Intercon…

July 30, 2014

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Summary: If you bundle it, they will come!

Recently I was speaking to someone (Mike from New Jersey) at Cisco Live and they were raving about their journey to the Flexpod. They were seeking the best compute, networking and storage yet didn’t want to be boggled down with details when it came to the purchasing process. Converged systems like t…

July 30, 2014

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If you bundle it, they will come!

Recently I was speaking to someone (Mike from New Jersey) at Cisco Live and they were raving about their journey to the Flexpod. They were seeking the best compute, networking and storage yet didn’t want to be boggled down with details when it came to the purchasing process. Converged systems like t…

June 5, 2014

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What does it take to make change?

May 2014 was a big month for me! I had a long trip to Australia and San Francisco for Cisco Live. This was my 2nd Cisco Live that I’ve attended, and the global event is making a positive impression on me. I’ve been to scores of events, many for my role here at Veeam (a Cisco partner) but Cisco Live…