Understanding the Enterprise Infrastructure Market in 2H 2020

Episode  |  September 4th, 2020  |  Season 2020  |  43 mins 26 secs

cio, composable infrastructure, convergence, data fabric, datacenter, enterprise, hci, information technology, it, processor, servers, storage, technology

It's been a big couple of weeks of earnings from all of the major enterprise infrastructure market players. High-end kit is up, mid-range everything (servers & storage) are soft, while as-a-service & software-defined all seem to be solid. What's it all mean? Is the IT world shifting? Matt & Steve talk about it all on this week's DataCentric.

VMWorld 2019 Wrap-Up

Episode  |  September 6th, 2019  |  Season 2019  |  45 mins 20 secs

cio, composable infrastructure, conference, convergence, datacenter, enterprise, hci, information technology, it, processor, servers, storage, technology, vmware, vmworld

VMworld, which has become ground-zero for talking about deploying IT infrastructure, just wrapped up in San Francisco. Moor Insights & Strategy senior datacenter analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell talk about what it all means.

Converged Infrastructure with HPE's Gary Thome: Live from HPE Discover

Episode  |  June 19th, 2019  |  Season 2019  |  17 mins 59 secs

composable infrastructure, converged infrastructure, hci, hewlett packard enterprise, hpe, software defined infrastructure

Joining the podcast this week is Gary Thome, HPE's vice president and chief engineer within the Converged Datacenter Infrastructure business. Moor Insights & Strategy analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell talk to Gary to gain a deeper understanding of what converged infrastructure is, and how it fits into modern IT architecture.

Live from HPE Discover: Announcements! Themes! Fun in Las Vegas with HPE!

Episode  |  June 19th, 2019  |  Season 2019  |  19 mins 28 secs

composable infrastructure, discover, hci, hewlett packard enterprise, hpe, simplivity, storage

HPE Discover kicks off with an overwhelming list of themes focused around software-defined, multi-cloud, intelligent edge, and, of course, the stars of the show: Storage and HCI. Hosts Matt Kimball & Steve McDowell provide a high-level recap of all the happenings, while also providing context for the announcements. You won't want to miss it!

March 18 2019: Inside the latest Server & Storage Numbers + Recent DataCenter News

Episode  |  March 18th, 2019  |  Season 2019  |  41 mins 6 secs

cio, composable infrastructure, convergence, data fabric, datacenter, enterprise, hci, hitachi, huawei, hyperscale, idc, information technology, intel, it, lenovo, nvidia, processor, pure storage, servers, storage, technology

The latest server and storage market numbers are out, and there are some big winners. And some big losers. Matt & Steve go all "inside-baseball" and talk about what it all means. They also touch on recent news around NVIDIA's Mellanox acquisition, Intel's CXL consortium, and the momentum of the Chinese technology providers.

March 7 2019: IBM Think! Plus earnings wrap-up for Lenovo and HPE

Episode  |  March 7th, 2019  |  Season 2019  |  43 mins 58 secs

arm, cio, composable infrastructure, convergence, data fabric, datacenter, enterprise, hci, hpe, ibm, information technology, it, lenovo, processor, servers, storage, technology

Steve & Matt leave their impressions from IBM's recent Think event, plus they talk about the latest earnings from Lenovo and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. There's also coverage of ARM's new server core architecture, and the analysts continue their long-running conversation about multi-cloud in the enterprise.

Dec 19 2018: 2018 Datacenter Trends

Episode  |  December 19th, 2018  |  Season 2018  |  32 mins 40 secs

amazon web services, cio, composable infrastructure, convergence, data fabric, datacenter, enterprise, hci, hewlett packard enterprise, information technology, it, microsoft, processor, servers, storage, technology

This year we saw some existing datacenter trends solidified, while others emerged. China is driving the server market up. Cloud repatriation is leading to the rise of on-prem consumption-based models. Everyone is focused on converged infrastructure. Is hybrid-cloud manageability ripe for disruption? What's it all mean? Matt and Steve talk about it all.

Dec 6 2018: Recapping Amazon re:Invent & HPE Discover

Episode  |  December 6th, 2018  |  Season 2018  |  36 mins 45 secs

amazon, arm, aws, cloud, composable infrastructure, converged, data center, hci, hpe, information technology, server, storage

In the inaugural episode of the DataCentric podcast hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell go deep on the large number of datacenter-impacting announcements at Amazon’s premier cloud event re:Invent, including news of Amazon deploying their custom-built ARM parts, bringing cloud on-prem, and more.

The team also hits the highlights from HPE Discover in Madrid, where the focus was on edge computing, composable infrastructure and intelligent storage.