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Have you noticed that when cloud people talk about cloud they (we) stick to a fairly narrow range of topics? Containers (for sure), Kubernetes, OpenStack, DevOps, culture change, big data, cloud native, serverless…and maybe a little AI/ML now and then to keep things spicy? Sure, we cover different a…

Electronic health records (EHR) are one of the most critical applications for many healthcare organizations. But having an EHR is one thing, making sure your EHR and other applications works for your healthcare organization, another. New advancements in digital healthcare innovation – EHR, BYOD, IoT…

Pythagoras is said to have claimed that “choices are the hinges of destiny.” I don’t know about destiny, but in the data center world, you definitely want to have multiple options to choose from. They can help tailor a solution to your specific situation, which is especially important if you’r…

Over the decades’ many songs have been written about Germany’s capital city with one song stating that “Berlin ist eine Reise wert” or Berlin is worth a visit. I have been to Berlin a few times and agree if your time allows I encourage you to explore the many sights and attractions the city ha…

Cloud. The teenager’s internet. The celebrity’s nightmare. The IT salesperson’s most favorite or most hated word, depending on where you work. The Cristiano Ronaldo of IT. (true reaction of CEO after reading memo from CIO on Cloud) We are living in one of the most exciting and interesting times eve…

There’s a line in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland where Alice says “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” Some days I feel that way about my storage infrastructures as well. I fell down a particular rabbit-hole into storage management accidentally…

Last week was quite eventful, certainly unpredictable and some would probably say chaotic. I am a big soccer fan, so with the Copa America and the Euro 2016 tournaments happening, I certainly could scratch that itch. And as always, it is more art than science to predict the results (Iceland winning…

Cisco Tetration Analytics “Cisco Tetration Analytics provides pervasive and unprecedented visibility across the data center, via a mix of network/hardware sensors that monitor every single packet at line rate and server/software sensors with very low overhead (<1% CPU).” Cisco Tetration Analytic…

There is something special about round tables. It gets people to open up, collaborate, and talk to everyone that sits at the table. Be it at home, in political discourse or in business, round tables help to solve problems, and foster the open exchange of ideas and thoughts.  It eliminates side or si…