Tag: 2013

Powering the Cloud 2013: Quantum DXi

Luca Dell'Oca, November 13, 2013December 2, 2013

During the last “Powering the Cloud” event in Frankfurt, I had the opportunity to privately meet some exhibitors. One of them has been Quantum. I talked about their solution called DXi with Stéphane Estevez, Sr. Product Marketing Manager EMEA.
Quantum is well known for its tape archiving solutions. However, they recently expanded their portfolio with other solutions, all related to Data Protection. Specifically, during the meeting we talked about Quantum DXi.

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Powering the Cloud 2013: Spectra Logic Black Pearl

Luca Dell'Oca, November 11, 2013November 20, 2013

During the last “Powering the Cloud” event in Frankfurt, I had the opportunity to privately meet some exhibitors. One of them has been Spectra Logic. I had the opportunity to talk directly with Matt Starr, Spectra Logic CTO. It was the perfect way to learn as much as possible about their new solution, just announced recently: Black Pearl.

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Tech Field Day Roundtables at VMworld US 2013: SimpliVity

Luca Dell'Oca, September 12, 2013September 20, 2015

The last presentation I attended at Tech Field Day roundtables during VMworld US 2013 was with SimpliVity. SimpliVity is a company working in the hyper-converged market, like Nutanix and ScaleComputing. Founded in Boston in 2009, it has now around 100 employees, and 65 of them are engineers; this percentage to me…

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Tech Field Day Roundtables at VMworld US 2013: Infinio

Luca Dell'Oca, September 10, 2013September 20, 2015

During the Tech Field Day roundtables at VMworld US 2013, I had a change to meet Infinio. Infinio is a startup founded about 2 years ago, with the idea to create a solution for storage acceleration, with some design objectives about being efficient, as cheap as possible and easy to manage…

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Tech Field Day Roundtables at VMworld US 2013: Asigra

Luca Dell'Oca, September 4, 2013September 20, 2015

This year I had the pleasure and the honor to be invited again by Stephen Foskett at Tech Field Day Roundtables, hosted during the days of the VMworld US 2013 that just finished. I had the opportunity to meet three different vendors, and the first of them has been Asigra. I…

VMUG.IT User Conference, 3rd April: the complete agenda

Luca Dell'Oca, March 20, 2013September 20, 2015

Mancava questo ultimo tassello per avere i dettagli completi dell’evento, e oggi possiamo annunciare finalmente l’agenda completa. Eccola nel dettaglio: Event Agenda TIME SESSION ROOM 8:30 – 9:00 Registration | Breakfast | Mingle with Vendors Area Landa 9:00 – 9:15 VMUG Welcome Alfa Tau Sigma 9:15 – 9:45 Understanding Network…

Italian VMUG User Conference. Speaker Spotlight: Mike Laverick

Luca Dell'Oca, March 8, 2013March 2, 2013

We are approaching the Italian VMUG User Conference, scheduled for 3rd April (by the way, did you register? You can do it here). Our fourth speaker we are going to introduce today is Mike Laverick. VMUG-IT: Who are you? Could you give us a brief introduction? Mike: I’m Mike Laverick…

Italian VMUG User Conference. Speaker Spotlight: Duncan Epping

Luca Dell'Oca, March 4, 2013March 1, 2013

We are approaching the Italian VMUG User Conference, scheduled for 3rd April (by the way, did you register? You can do it here). Our third speaker we are going to introduce today is Duncan Epping. VMUG-IT: Who are you? Could you give us a brief introduction? Duncan: My name is…