web02.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:36:09 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) DataCentric - Episodes Tagged with “Data Fabric” https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/tags/data%20fabric Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:00:00 -0500 Welcome to the DataCentric podcast, where we delve into the latest developments in information technology, offering insights into its intricate workings and broader implications. Hosted by Steve McDowell, Senior Analyst at NAND Research, our podcast explores new technologies, influential trends, and provides expert commentary on the forward trajectory of the technology industry. Join us as we navigate the complex landscape of IT. Whether you're an industry professional or simply curious about the future of technology, DataCentric is your trusted source for informed discourse and forward-thinking analysis. en-us episodic Enterprise IT Trends and Technologies NAND Research Welcome to the DataCentric podcast, where we delve into the latest developments in information technology, offering insights into its intricate workings and broader implications. Hosted by Steve McDowell, Senior Analyst at NAND Research, our podcast explores new technologies, influential trends, and provides expert commentary on the forward trajectory of the technology industry. Join us as we navigate the complex landscape of IT. Whether you're an industry professional or simply curious about the future of technology, DataCentric is your trusted source for informed discourse and forward-thinking analysis. no datacenter, technology, enterprise, IT, storage, servers, convergence, hyperconverged, infrastructure, HCI, composable infrastructure, enterprise compute, information technology, data, observability, cybersecurity, AI NAND Research datacentric@nand-research.com Taming the MultiCloud Problem, with Nutanix's Lee Caswell https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/502 f5291c0d-d643-4075-bb0f-09eda91d81ad Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:00:00 -0500 NAND Research full 2023 NAND Research There aren't many solutions that can tame the multi-cloud management problem, but Nutanix is one of them. 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. 31:50 no 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 Guests: Lee Caswell and Matt Kimball. datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO 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 Guests: Lee Caswell and Matt Kimball.

]]> 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 Guests: Lee Caswell and Matt Kimball.

]]> Smart Buildings are a Big Data Problem, with Embue CTO Larry Genovesi https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/413 81ce35c0-caf1-4b75-bab4-468dd9f2ad6b Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:00:00 -0400 NAND Research full 2022 NAND Research 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. 45:59 no 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 & 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. datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO 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 & 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 & 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.

]]> Going Cloud Native with NetApp Astra https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/403 6d155e8f-d288-41ab-9095-95492acda02c Fri, 25 Feb 2022 17:00:00 -0500 NAND Research full 2022 NAND Research Cloud Native is fast becoming the go-to model for deploying applications in the enterprise. Making containers production-ready requires more than just installing Kubernetes, as we find out from NetApp's Eric Han, Vice President of product management for NetApp Astra. 29:25 no Cloud Native is fast becoming the go-to model for deploying applications in the enterprise and is being used increasingly for production applications. This is happening both in the cloud and on-prem. But making containers production-ready requires more than just installing Kubernetes. Hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell spend time with NetApp's Eric Han, Vice President of product management for NetApp Astra, NetApp's cloud-native solution, to understand the complexities of deploying cloud-native technologies into a production IT workflow. This is great convesation for anyone involved in IT or application architeture. 00:00 Theme Song 01:10 Geting to know Eric 03:15 Forget DevOps, what's the value of cloud-native for Production Workloads? 06:20 Data Management in Cloud Native 09:10 Mapping Kubernetes to related services like NetApp Astra and its competitors 15:40 What is NetApp Astra 19:41 NetApp is playing in both storage and cloud native: how should we thinkn about NetApp? 23:11 Eric asks himself: How easy is it, really? 25:23 Matt & Steve wrap-up, plus talk a little about NetApp's most recent earnings call. 29:37 We're done. Special Guest: Eric Han. datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO Cloud Native is fast becoming the go-to model for deploying applications in the enterprise and is being used increasingly for production applications. This is happening both in the cloud and on-prem. But making containers production-ready requires more than just installing Kubernetes.

Hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell spend time with NetApp's Eric Han, Vice President of product management for NetApp Astra, NetApp's cloud-native solution, to understand the complexities of deploying cloud-native technologies into a production IT workflow.

This is great convesation for anyone involved in IT or application architeture.

00:00 Theme Song
01:10 Geting to know Eric
03:15 Forget DevOps, what's the value of cloud-native for Production Workloads?
06:20 Data Management in Cloud Native
09:10 Mapping Kubernetes to related services like NetApp Astra and its competitors
15:40 What is NetApp Astra
19:41 NetApp is playing in both storage and cloud native: how should we thinkn about NetApp?
23:11 Eric asks himself: How easy is it, really?
25:23 Matt & Steve wrap-up, plus talk a little about NetApp's most recent earnings call.
29:37 We're done.

Special Guest: Eric Han.

]]> Cloud Native is fast becoming the go-to model for deploying applications in the enterprise and is being used increasingly for production applications. This is happening both in the cloud and on-prem. But making containers production-ready requires more than just installing Kubernetes.

Hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell spend time with NetApp's Eric Han, Vice President of product management for NetApp Astra, NetApp's cloud-native solution, to understand the complexities of deploying cloud-native technologies into a production IT workflow.

This is great convesation for anyone involved in IT or application architeture.

00:00 Theme Song
01:10 Geting to know Eric
03:15 Forget DevOps, what's the value of cloud-native for Production Workloads?
06:20 Data Management in Cloud Native
09:10 Mapping Kubernetes to related services like NetApp Astra and its competitors
15:40 What is NetApp Astra
19:41 NetApp is playing in both storage and cloud native: how should we thinkn about NetApp?
23:11 Eric asks himself: How easy is it, really?
25:23 Matt & Steve wrap-up, plus talk a little about NetApp's most recent earnings call.
29:37 We're done.

Special Guest: Eric Han.

]]> Overcoming the Challenges of Multi-Cloud with HCI https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/318 d5b55748-7002-426e-b148-0432d77e2a79 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 11:00:00 -0400 NAND Research full 2021 NAND Research Hybrid multi-cloud has become a standard part of nearly every enterprise's IT infrastructure, yet it often remains a disjointed element with complexities that are different from those faced in the traditional data center. This episode brings Nutanix and Lenovo together to talk about how HCI can be a great way to address these challenges. 26:14 no Hybrid multi-cloud has become a standard part of nearly every enterprise's IT infrastructure, yet it often remains a disjointed element with complexities that are different from those faced in the traditional data center. In this episode of DataCentric, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell talk to Nutanix's Rakesh Sreekanth and Lenovo's Ritu Jain about how HCI can be a great way to address these challenges. Nutanix brings a unified range of solutions, spanning basic HCI all the way to full multi-cloud management solutions that tie together on-prem and cloud. Lenovo is one of fastest growing companies in enterprise infrastructure, and delivers Nutanix solutions as part of its Lenovo ThinkAgile HX series. Together, these companies deliver complete HCI solutions for the modern enterprise. Special Guests: Rakesh Sreekanth and Ritu Jain. datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO Hybrid multi-cloud has become a standard part of nearly every enterprise's IT infrastructure, yet it often remains a disjointed element with complexities that are different from those faced in the traditional data center.

In this episode of DataCentric, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell talk to Nutanix's Rakesh Sreekanth and Lenovo's Ritu Jain about how HCI can be a great way to address these challenges.

Nutanix brings a unified range of solutions, spanning basic HCI all the way to full multi-cloud management solutions that tie together on-prem and cloud.

Lenovo is one of fastest growing companies in enterprise infrastructure, and delivers Nutanix solutions as part of its Lenovo ThinkAgile HX series. Together, these companies deliver complete HCI solutions for the modern enterprise.

Special Guests: Rakesh Sreekanth and Ritu Jain.

]]> Hybrid multi-cloud has become a standard part of nearly every enterprise's IT infrastructure, yet it often remains a disjointed element with complexities that are different from those faced in the traditional data center.

In this episode of DataCentric, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell talk to Nutanix's Rakesh Sreekanth and Lenovo's Ritu Jain about how HCI can be a great way to address these challenges.

Nutanix brings a unified range of solutions, spanning basic HCI all the way to full multi-cloud management solutions that tie together on-prem and cloud.

Lenovo is one of fastest growing companies in enterprise infrastructure, and delivers Nutanix solutions as part of its Lenovo ThinkAgile HX series. Together, these companies deliver complete HCI solutions for the modern enterprise.

Special Guests: Rakesh Sreekanth and Ritu Jain.

]]> Arm in the Cloud: A Roundtable with Arm, Ampere, and Oracle Cloud https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/313 cd42ebb1-d8c6-43d0-8e12-6d13ba30d4b0 Wed, 23 Jun 2021 02:00:00 -0400 NAND Research full 2021 NAND Research It's been a big year for Arm in server. Earlier this year, Arm announced its Armv9 architecture and new Neoverse cores. Ampere Computing recently announced its new processor roadmap while also delivering Arm-based server technology into the market. Oracle Cloud has announced Ampere-based instances. We go deep into all of this with a special roundtable discussion with Arm, Ampere, and Oracle. 48:28 no It's been a big year for Arm in server. Arm announced its Armv9 architecture and new Neoverse cores. Ampere Computing announced its processor roadmap while delivering Arm-based server technology into the market. Oracle Cloud has announced Ampere-based instances. Hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, senior technology analysts with Moor Insights & Strategy, go deep into all of this with a special roundtable with Arm, Ampere Computing, and Oracle Joining the podcast are Leo Leung, Senior Director, Products and Strategy for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure; Jeff Wittich, Chief Product Officer for Ampere Computing; and Eddie Ramirez, Senior Director of Marketing and Ecosystem Development, Infrastructure Line of Business at Arm. Special Guests: Eddie Rameriz, Jeff Wittich, and Leo Leung. datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO It's been a big year for Arm in server. Arm announced its Armv9 architecture and new Neoverse cores. Ampere Computing announced its processor roadmap while delivering Arm-based server technology into the market. Oracle Cloud has announced Ampere-based instances.

Hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, senior technology analysts with Moor Insights & Strategy, go deep into all of this with a special roundtable with Arm, Ampere Computing, and Oracle

Joining the podcast are Leo Leung, Senior Director, Products and Strategy for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure; Jeff Wittich, Chief Product Officer for Ampere Computing; and Eddie Ramirez, Senior Director of Marketing and Ecosystem Development, Infrastructure Line of Business at Arm.

Special Guests: Eddie Rameriz, Jeff Wittich, and Leo Leung.

]]> It's been a big year for Arm in server. Arm announced its Armv9 architecture and new Neoverse cores. Ampere Computing announced its processor roadmap while delivering Arm-based server technology into the market. Oracle Cloud has announced Ampere-based instances.

Hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, senior technology analysts with Moor Insights & Strategy, go deep into all of this with a special roundtable with Arm, Ampere Computing, and Oracle

Joining the podcast are Leo Leung, Senior Director, Products and Strategy for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure; Jeff Wittich, Chief Product Officer for Ampere Computing; and Eddie Ramirez, Senior Director of Marketing and Ecosystem Development, Infrastructure Line of Business at Arm.

Special Guests: Eddie Rameriz, Jeff Wittich, and Leo Leung.

]]> Catching up on High Performance Computing, with Penguin Computing https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/230 ebfaf9d2-76c0-4dbb-99ef-ca3329e9c206 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:00:00 -0500 NAND Research full 2020 NAND Research As SuperComputing 2020 wraps up, it's a great time to catch up on everything happening in the HPC world -- and there's a lot! Containers, software-defined everything, and more. Penguin Computing's Matt Jacobs and Kevin Tubbs join Matt & Steve to talk about it all. 34:20 no As SuperComputing 2020 wraps up, it's a great time to catch up on everything happening in the HPC world. Nobody knows HPC better than Penguin Computing. In this episode of the DataCentric podcast, hosts Matt and Steve are joined by Penguin Computing's Chief Strategy Officer Matt Jacobs, and Penguin's Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions Group, Kevin Tubbs. The gang talks about hardware abstraction in HPC, hardware complexity and specialization, software-defined architectures, containers, and much, much more. Tune in and you'll leave just a little bit smarter about the world of High Peformance Computing. Special Guests: Kevin Tubbs and Matt Jacobs. datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO As SuperComputing 2020 wraps up, it's a great time to catch up on everything happening in the HPC world.

Nobody knows HPC better than Penguin Computing. In this episode of the DataCentric podcast, hosts Matt and Steve are joined by Penguin Computing's Chief Strategy Officer Matt Jacobs, and Penguin's Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions Group, Kevin Tubbs.

The gang talks about hardware abstraction in HPC, hardware complexity and specialization, software-defined architectures, containers, and much, much more.

Tune in and you'll leave just a little bit smarter about the world of High Peformance Computing.

Special Guests: Kevin Tubbs and Matt Jacobs.

]]> As SuperComputing 2020 wraps up, it's a great time to catch up on everything happening in the HPC world.

Nobody knows HPC better than Penguin Computing. In this episode of the DataCentric podcast, hosts Matt and Steve are joined by Penguin Computing's Chief Strategy Officer Matt Jacobs, and Penguin's Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions Group, Kevin Tubbs.

The gang talks about hardware abstraction in HPC, hardware complexity and specialization, software-defined architectures, containers, and much, much more.

Tune in and you'll leave just a little bit smarter about the world of High Peformance Computing.

Special Guests: Kevin Tubbs and Matt Jacobs.

]]> Bringing Cloud-Native to IoT, with Arm's Mohamed Awad https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/226 84175e3f-fd34-47d6-b950-b4dc9bc13c7e Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0400 NAND Research full 2020 NAND Research Cloud-native techniques provide a natural way for deliver functionality to the edge and IoT, delivering IT agility where it's needed the most. Arm's Project Cassini brings the IoT industry together with open, collaborative, standards-based initiative to deliver a cloud-native software experience across a secure Arm edge ecosystem. Arm's Mohammed Awar joins to talk about what's happening to bring the IoT world together. 37:48 no Cloud-native techniques provide a natural way for deliver functionality to the edge and IoT, delivering IT agility where it's needed the most. Arm's Project Cassini brings the IoT industry together with open, collaborative, standards-based initiative to deliver a cloud-native software experience across a secure Arm edge ecosystem. Arm's Vice President of Marketing for IoT, Mohamed Awad, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about the power of standardized software at the IoT-enabled edge. Special Guest: Mohamed Awad. datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO Cloud-native techniques provide a natural way for deliver functionality to the edge and IoT, delivering IT agility where it's needed the most. Arm's Project Cassini brings the IoT industry together with open, collaborative, standards-based initiative to deliver a cloud-native software experience across a secure Arm edge ecosystem.

Arm's Vice President of Marketing for IoT, Mohamed Awad, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about the power of standardized software at the IoT-enabled edge.

Special Guest: Mohamed Awad.

]]> Cloud-native techniques provide a natural way for deliver functionality to the edge and IoT, delivering IT agility where it's needed the most. Arm's Project Cassini brings the IoT industry together with open, collaborative, standards-based initiative to deliver a cloud-native software experience across a secure Arm edge ecosystem.

Arm's Vice President of Marketing for IoT, Mohamed Awad, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about the power of standardized software at the IoT-enabled edge.

Special Guest: Mohamed Awad.

]]> Accelerating the Kubernetes Container Experience https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/224 a712fe71-4a3d-496d-8586-00c2013ae810 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:00:00 -0400 NAND Research full 2020 NAND Research Containers have been embraced by IT organizations across the board. No longer strictly limited to dev ops and non-production environments, we're starting to see production enterprise applications being deployed into Kubernetes-managed containers. These deployments expose the limitations of the technology. This episode of DataCentric goes into some of the challenges of leveraging the full power of the underlying hardware by using innovative I/O acceleration techniques, coupled with control and data plane enhancements to allow efficient utilization of all available resources. Diamanti's vice president of product, Brian Walden, joins Steve & Matt in an informative discussion about how to leverage the power of Kubernetes to its fullest potential. 44:18 no Containers have been embraced by IT organizations across the board. No longer strictly limited to dev ops and non-production environments, we're starting to see production enterprise applications being deployed into Kubernetes-managed containers. These deployments quickly expose the limitations of the technology. Joining hosts Matt Kimball & Steve McDowell (both analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy) is Diamanti's vice present of product, Brian Walden. Diamanti delivers innovative solutions that help bring both performance and simplicity to Kubernetes-managed workloads, whether on-prem, in the cloud, or spanning the two. This informative conversation delves into some of the challenges of allowing containers to leverage the full power of the underlying hardware. The conversation quickly focuses in on how to overcome these limitations with the use of innovative I/O acceleration technologies, coupled with enhancements to the control & data planes for storage and networking. Combining these technologies and enhancements can help bring the full power of both on-prem and cloud-based resources to a Kubernetes environment. Special Guest: Brian Waldon. datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO Containers have been embraced by IT organizations across the board. No longer strictly limited to dev ops and non-production environments, we're starting to see production enterprise applications being deployed into Kubernetes-managed containers. These deployments quickly expose the limitations of the technology.

Joining hosts Matt Kimball & Steve McDowell (both analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy) is Diamanti's vice present of product, Brian Walden. Diamanti delivers innovative solutions that help bring both performance and simplicity to Kubernetes-managed workloads, whether on-prem, in the cloud, or spanning the two.

This informative conversation delves into some of the challenges of allowing containers to leverage the full power of the underlying hardware. The conversation quickly focuses in on how to overcome these limitations with the use of innovative I/O acceleration technologies, coupled with enhancements to the control & data planes for storage and networking. Combining these technologies and enhancements can help bring the full power of both on-prem and cloud-based resources to a Kubernetes environment.

Special Guest: Brian Waldon.

]]> Containers have been embraced by IT organizations across the board. No longer strictly limited to dev ops and non-production environments, we're starting to see production enterprise applications being deployed into Kubernetes-managed containers. These deployments quickly expose the limitations of the technology.

Joining hosts Matt Kimball & Steve McDowell (both analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy) is Diamanti's vice present of product, Brian Walden. Diamanti delivers innovative solutions that help bring both performance and simplicity to Kubernetes-managed workloads, whether on-prem, in the cloud, or spanning the two.

This informative conversation delves into some of the challenges of allowing containers to leverage the full power of the underlying hardware. The conversation quickly focuses in on how to overcome these limitations with the use of innovative I/O acceleration technologies, coupled with enhancements to the control & data planes for storage and networking. Combining these technologies and enhancements can help bring the full power of both on-prem and cloud-based resources to a Kubernetes environment.

Special Guest: Brian Waldon.

]]> Inside the Server Market with Dell Technologies' Jonathan Seckler https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/223 7c652489-15dd-4031-90d7-24b8612c8202 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:00:00 -0400 NAND Research full 2020 NAND Research Our old friend Jonathan Seckler, Dell Technologies Director of Server Marketing, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell to talk about the current state of the server market. The conversation quickly evolves from server hardware to talking about how the demands of digital transformation, and the voice of the customer, influence the products that companies like Dell builds. 41:34 no Our old friend Jonathan Seckler, Dell Technologies Director of Server Marketing, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell (both senior analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy) to talk about the current state of the server market. Jonathan brings us up to speed on the most recent server announcments from Dell, including the the massive storage-centric PowerEdge XE7100 and updates to Dell's OpenManage software. Beyond hardware, the discussion very quickly evolves into the what's driving the future of enterprise infrastructure (hint: it's digital transformation). Jonathan takes us through the customer conversations and research that Dell Technologies has commissioned to better understand how IT infrastructure is changing. It's a great conversation that will help clarify how IT organizations think about enterprise infrastructure, and also how the voice of IT practitioners influence the products that are brought to market. Special Guest: Jonathan Seckler. datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO Our old friend Jonathan Seckler, Dell Technologies Director of Server Marketing, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell (both senior analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy) to talk about the current state of the server market.

Jonathan brings us up to speed on the most recent server announcments from Dell, including the the massive storage-centric PowerEdge XE7100 and updates to Dell's OpenManage software.

Beyond hardware, the discussion very quickly evolves into the what's driving the future of enterprise infrastructure (hint: it's digital transformation). Jonathan takes us through the customer conversations and research that Dell Technologies has commissioned to better understand how IT infrastructure is changing.

It's a great conversation that will help clarify how IT organizations think about enterprise infrastructure, and also how the voice of IT practitioners influence the products that are brought to market.

Special Guest: Jonathan Seckler.

]]> Our old friend Jonathan Seckler, Dell Technologies Director of Server Marketing, joins hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell (both senior analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy) to talk about the current state of the server market.

Jonathan brings us up to speed on the most recent server announcments from Dell, including the the massive storage-centric PowerEdge XE7100 and updates to Dell's OpenManage software.

Beyond hardware, the discussion very quickly evolves into the what's driving the future of enterprise infrastructure (hint: it's digital transformation). Jonathan takes us through the customer conversations and research that Dell Technologies has commissioned to better understand how IT infrastructure is changing.

It's a great conversation that will help clarify how IT organizations think about enterprise infrastructure, and also how the voice of IT practitioners influence the products that are brought to market.

Special Guest: Jonathan Seckler.

]]> Understanding the Enterprise Infrastructure Market in 2H 2020 https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/218 b796e377-b672-4df9-b272-f0b15a2b8b32 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0400 NAND Research full 2020 NAND Research 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. 43:26 no It's been a big couple of weeks of earnings from all of the major enterprise infrastructure market players, including NetApp, Pure Storage, Dell Technologies, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. IBM, Cisco, Lenovo and others all disclosed earlier last month. On the software-defined side, there's Vmware, Nutanix, and a whole lot of Bain Capital. High-end kit is up, mid-range everything (servers & storage) are soft, while as-a-service & software-defined all seem to be solid. Is the IT world shifting? What's it all mean? Technology analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell (from Moor Insights & StrategY) delve into it all, on this edition of DataCentric. 00:00 - 18:00 The enterprise infrastructure market. 18:00 - 36:30 Software-defined Infrastructure. Vmwarwe. Nutanix. And a whole lot of Bain Capital. 36:30 - 43:26 Impacts of a more permenant work-from-home world. DataCentric is a registered trademark of Bynum Iron Works. datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO It's been a big couple of weeks of earnings from all of the major enterprise infrastructure market players, including NetApp, Pure Storage, Dell Technologies, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. IBM, Cisco, Lenovo and others all disclosed earlier last month.

On the software-defined side, there's Vmware, Nutanix, and a whole lot of Bain Capital.

High-end kit is up, mid-range everything (servers & storage) are soft, while as-a-service & software-defined all seem to be solid. Is the IT world shifting? What's it all mean?

Technology analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell (from Moor Insights & StrategY) delve into it all, on this edition of DataCentric.

00:00 - 18:00 The enterprise infrastructure market.
18:00 - 36:30 Software-defined Infrastructure. Vmwarwe. Nutanix. And a whole lot of Bain Capital.
36:30 - 43:26 Impacts of a more permenant work-from-home world.

DataCentric is a registered trademark of Bynum Iron Works.

]]> It's been a big couple of weeks of earnings from all of the major enterprise infrastructure market players, including NetApp, Pure Storage, Dell Technologies, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. IBM, Cisco, Lenovo and others all disclosed earlier last month.

On the software-defined side, there's Vmware, Nutanix, and a whole lot of Bain Capital.

High-end kit is up, mid-range everything (servers & storage) are soft, while as-a-service & software-defined all seem to be solid. Is the IT world shifting? What's it all mean?

Technology analysts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell (from Moor Insights & StrategY) delve into it all, on this edition of DataCentric.

00:00 - 18:00 The enterprise infrastructure market.
18:00 - 36:30 Software-defined Infrastructure. Vmwarwe. Nutanix. And a whole lot of Bain Capital.
36:30 - 43:26 Impacts of a more permenant work-from-home world.

DataCentric is a registered trademark of Bynum Iron Works.

]]> Talking with Pure Storage CEO Charlie Giancarlo https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/125 b69c52a0-2c3d-44a8-86bc-184f49742cb9 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:00:00 -0400 NAND Research full 2019 NAND Research What's the secret of Pure Storage's success? Having pushed the industry into the All-Flash era, they now find themselves growing 30%/year and landing alone as the only storage vendor showing growth in this quarter's round of earnings. Pure Storage CEO Charlie Giancarlo joins the DataCentric podcast to talk about both what's behind Pure's current success, and how he envisions a future where "data" is a utility. 34:22 no What's the secret of Pure Storage's success? Having pushed the industry into the All-Flash era, they now find themselves growing 30%/year and landing alone as the only storage vendor showing growth in this quarter's round of earnings. Pure Storage CEO Charlie Giancarlo joins the DataCentric podcast to talk about both what's behind Pure's current success, and how he envisions a future where "data" is a utility. Charlie gives us his insight on: What fuels Pure's current success. Where Pure is feeling challenged. How to succeed with customers: "Pleasantly surprise them... they tend to like you when you give them their nights and weekends back" The intersection of Flash and Cloud: "Customers should have the same experience in flash and cloud" The impact of AI to the enterprise (and storage): "Any part of [an enterprise's] data may be valuable someday" Pure's vision of the future: "Data should be a utility... delivered where its needed, how its needed" Social Responsibility in the Tech Industry Join in. On iTunes, or where ever you get your podcasts! Special Guest: Charles "Charlie" Giancarolo. datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO What's the secret of Pure Storage's success? Having pushed the industry into the All-Flash era, they now find themselves growing 30%/year and landing alone as the only storage vendor showing growth in this quarter's round of earnings.

Pure Storage CEO Charlie Giancarlo joins the DataCentric podcast to talk about both what's behind Pure's current success, and how he envisions a future where "data" is a utility. Charlie gives us his insight on:

  • What fuels Pure's current success.
  • Where Pure is feeling challenged.
  • How to succeed with customers: "Pleasantly surprise them... they tend to like you when you give them their nights and weekends back"
  • The intersection of Flash and Cloud: "Customers should have the same experience in flash and cloud"
  • The impact of AI to the enterprise (and storage): "Any part of [an enterprise's] data may be valuable someday"
  • Pure's vision of the future: "Data should be a utility... delivered where its needed, how its needed"
  • Social Responsibility in the Tech Industry

Join in. On iTunes, or where ever you get your podcasts!

Special Guest: Charles "Charlie" Giancarolo.

]]> What's the secret of Pure Storage's success? Having pushed the industry into the All-Flash era, they now find themselves growing 30%/year and landing alone as the only storage vendor showing growth in this quarter's round of earnings.

Pure Storage CEO Charlie Giancarlo joins the DataCentric podcast to talk about both what's behind Pure's current success, and how he envisions a future where "data" is a utility. Charlie gives us his insight on:

  • What fuels Pure's current success.
  • Where Pure is feeling challenged.
  • How to succeed with customers: "Pleasantly surprise them... they tend to like you when you give them their nights and weekends back"
  • The intersection of Flash and Cloud: "Customers should have the same experience in flash and cloud"
  • The impact of AI to the enterprise (and storage): "Any part of [an enterprise's] data may be valuable someday"
  • Pure's vision of the future: "Data should be a utility... delivered where its needed, how its needed"
  • Social Responsibility in the Tech Industry

Join in. On iTunes, or where ever you get your podcasts!

Special Guest: Charles "Charlie" Giancarolo.

]]> March 18 2019: Inside the latest Server & Storage Numbers + Recent DataCenter News https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/105 ab9824fe-d97c-4c0c-8fb3-04969c9852be Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:00:00 -0400 NAND Research full 2019 NAND Research 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. 41:06 no 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. 01:30 IDC Releases 4Q2018 Server Market Numbers 06:08 What's it mean for the HyperScalers? 10:10 What's happening with Huawei? 11:55 Lenovo Data Center team is on fire 14:14 Is there a real slow-down in the server market? Or are we waiting on new parts? 17:50 IDC Releases 4Q2018 Storage Market Numbers 21:30 Hitachi and Storage 23:30 Can you pick the storage market winner from Hardware sales numbers? 24:50 Where's Pure Storage? 26:20 How does Capacity-on-Demand factor into how we count storage & servers? 28:40 Units vs Revenue in the Storage Market 31:30 News: Intel CXL Consortium 35:00 News: NVIDIA buys Mellanox 37:40 Wrapping Up: Where are Steve & Matt spending the next few weeks? Lenovo, Pure Storage, Huawei, Hitachi, IDC, Hyperscale, Intel, NVIDIA, datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO 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.

01:30 IDC Releases 4Q2018 Server Market Numbers
06:08 What's it mean for the HyperScalers?
10:10 What's happening with Huawei?
11:55 Lenovo Data Center team is on fire
14:14 Is there a real slow-down in the server market? Or are we waiting on new parts?
17:50 IDC Releases 4Q2018 Storage Market Numbers
21:30 Hitachi and Storage
23:30 Can you pick the storage market winner from Hardware sales numbers?
24:50 Where's Pure Storage?
26:20 How does Capacity-on-Demand factor into how we count storage & servers?
28:40 Units vs Revenue in the Storage Market
31:30 News: Intel CXL Consortium
35:00 News: NVIDIA buys Mellanox
37:40 Wrapping Up: Where are Steve & Matt spending the next few weeks?

]]> 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.

01:30 IDC Releases 4Q2018 Server Market Numbers
06:08 What's it mean for the HyperScalers?
10:10 What's happening with Huawei?
11:55 Lenovo Data Center team is on fire
14:14 Is there a real slow-down in the server market? Or are we waiting on new parts?
17:50 IDC Releases 4Q2018 Storage Market Numbers
21:30 Hitachi and Storage
23:30 Can you pick the storage market winner from Hardware sales numbers?
24:50 Where's Pure Storage?
26:20 How does Capacity-on-Demand factor into how we count storage & servers?
28:40 Units vs Revenue in the Storage Market
31:30 News: Intel CXL Consortium
35:00 News: NVIDIA buys Mellanox
37:40 Wrapping Up: Where are Steve & Matt spending the next few weeks?

]]> March 7 2019: IBM Think! Plus earnings wrap-up for Lenovo and HPE https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/104 54b7a0f7-cd49-488f-8314-2d88ba0027ca Thu, 07 Mar 2019 23:00:00 -0500 NAND Research full 2019 NAND Research 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. 43:58 no Steve McDowell and Matt Kimball, senior datacenter analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy, leave their impressions from IBM's recent Think event, where IBM demonstrated impressive infrastructure while delivering a message focused on enterprise class problems. IBM has long been a trendsetter and early promoter of new architectures such as cloud, capacity on-demand, and solution deliver. They haven't stopped. Lenovo announced earnings, where the company delivered double-digit growth in its enteprise business, with a surprising confession that it might have hit triple digits in North America. At the same time, Hewlett Packard Enterprise's earnings showed that (for HPE) the future is all about converged infrastructure, where its HCI business grew a whopping 70%. What's it all mean? Matt & Steve puzzle that out. There's also news of ARM Holdings delivering a new enterprise-class server and edge core. Does that mean that Linus is wrong, and ARM has a future in server? All that, plus the fellows inadvertantly learn that if you record outside on an unseasonably warm day in March, even with a directional microphone, that the birds will have their say. IBM, Lenovo, ARM, HPE, datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO Steve McDowell and Matt Kimball, senior datacenter analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy, leave their impressions from IBM's recent Think event, where IBM demonstrated impressive infrastructure while delivering a message focused on enterprise class problems. IBM has long been a trendsetter and early promoter of new architectures such as cloud, capacity on-demand, and solution deliver. They haven't stopped.

Lenovo announced earnings, where the company delivered double-digit growth in its enteprise business, with a surprising confession that it might have hit triple digits in North America. At the same time, Hewlett Packard Enterprise's earnings showed that (for HPE) the future is all about converged infrastructure, where its HCI business grew a whopping 70%. What's it all mean? Matt & Steve puzzle that out.

There's also news of ARM Holdings delivering a new enterprise-class server and edge core. Does that mean that Linus is wrong, and ARM has a future in server?

All that, plus the fellows inadvertantly learn that if you record outside on an unseasonably warm day in March, even with a directional microphone, that the birds will have their say.

]]> Steve McDowell and Matt Kimball, senior datacenter analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy, leave their impressions from IBM's recent Think event, where IBM demonstrated impressive infrastructure while delivering a message focused on enterprise class problems. IBM has long been a trendsetter and early promoter of new architectures such as cloud, capacity on-demand, and solution deliver. They haven't stopped.

Lenovo announced earnings, where the company delivered double-digit growth in its enteprise business, with a surprising confession that it might have hit triple digits in North America. At the same time, Hewlett Packard Enterprise's earnings showed that (for HPE) the future is all about converged infrastructure, where its HCI business grew a whopping 70%. What's it all mean? Matt & Steve puzzle that out.

There's also news of ARM Holdings delivering a new enterprise-class server and edge core. Does that mean that Linus is wrong, and ARM has a future in server?

All that, plus the fellows inadvertantly learn that if you record outside on an unseasonably warm day in March, even with a directional microphone, that the birds will have their say.

]]> Dec 19 2018: 2018 Datacenter Trends https://www.datacentricpodcast.com/102 c3bf0bf5-f039-409c-85ae-91070c5b0024 Wed, 19 Dec 2018 01:00:00 -0500 NAND Research full 2018 NAND Research 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. 32:40 no In this episode of the DataCentric podcast, hosts Matt and Steve from Moor Insights & Strategy discuss the trends that drove the past year in enterprise compute. They touch on the just-released market numbers for enterprise server and storage, talk about how the realities of cloud are impacting innovation in a hybrid-cloud world, Nutanix, Microsoft Azure, and more. 00:00 Introductions 01:20 3Q18 Server and Enterprise Storage Numbers 02:20 The Impact of China on the Enterprise Hardwarwe Market 06:20 The Rise of Hybrid Cloud and On-Prem Consumption Based Services 12:00 Is Nutanix the Disruptor-in-Waiting? 15:30 HCI, Converged, and Composable Infrastructure 23:50 Why aren't we talking more about Microsoft Azure? 28:00 Processors are heating up 31:00 Wrapping Up Companies mentioned: Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enteperprise, Inspur, Lenovo, Huawei, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Pure Storage, VMWare, Nutanix, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices datacenter, technology, enterprise, information technology, IT, storage, servers, processor, convergence, HCI, composable infrastructure, data fabric, CIO, Microsoft Azure, Nutanix In this episode of the DataCentric podcast, hosts Matt and Steve from Moor Insights & Strategy discuss the trends that drove the past year in enterprise compute. They touch on the just-released market numbers for enterprise server and storage, talk about how the realities of cloud are impacting innovation in a hybrid-cloud world, Nutanix, Microsoft Azure, and more.

00:00 Introductions
01:20 3Q18 Server and Enterprise Storage Numbers
02:20 The Impact of China on the Enterprise Hardwarwe Market
06:20 The Rise of Hybrid Cloud and On-Prem Consumption Based Services
12:00 Is Nutanix the Disruptor-in-Waiting?
15:30 HCI, Converged, and Composable Infrastructure
23:50 Why aren't we talking more about Microsoft Azure?
28:00 Processors are heating up
31:00 Wrapping Up

Companies mentioned:

Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enteperprise, Inspur, Lenovo, Huawei, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Pure Storage, VMWare, Nutanix, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices

]]> In this episode of the DataCentric podcast, hosts Matt and Steve from Moor Insights & Strategy discuss the trends that drove the past year in enterprise compute. They touch on the just-released market numbers for enterprise server and storage, talk about how the realities of cloud are impacting innovation in a hybrid-cloud world, Nutanix, Microsoft Azure, and more.

00:00 Introductions
01:20 3Q18 Server and Enterprise Storage Numbers
02:20 The Impact of China on the Enterprise Hardwarwe Market
06:20 The Rise of Hybrid Cloud and On-Prem Consumption Based Services
12:00 Is Nutanix the Disruptor-in-Waiting?
15:30 HCI, Converged, and Composable Infrastructure
23:50 Why aren't we talking more about Microsoft Azure?
28:00 Processors are heating up
31:00 Wrapping Up

Companies mentioned:

Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enteperprise, Inspur, Lenovo, Huawei, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Pure Storage, VMWare, Nutanix, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices

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