Category Archives: General

In April I got to visit two new countries in one week, teaching Nutanix courses in Seoul and Tokyo back to back. My week was 20,000KM flying, six airports, two hotels and a lot of different cars. I met a … Continue reading →

CloudPhysics is an interesting company name to go with an interesting company. I have a University degree in Physics and spent many hours looking out windows at clouds whilst gaining that degree. Of course CloudPhysics does little physics and while … Continue reading →

Some flash array vendors want to make the fastest flash array they can. Pure’s array isn’t the fastest, that is by design. Pure Storage want to bring the benefits of flash storage by being price competitive with hard disk based … Continue reading →

It’s funny what motivates you. Last week I was at Virtualization Field Day 3 in San Jose. These events are where I hang out with my tribe and talk virtualization. Over beer one evening we were talking about AutoLab and … Continue reading →

My normal day job is teaching about virtualization for enterprise IT. I don’t often get to install large environments. As a result much of what Spirent does is way beyond my knowledge. My normal day job is teaching about virtualization … Continue reading →

It is always an honour when people you like and respect approach you to work together. I was delighted when Scott Lowe (the “Other” one, not the one talking about NSX all the time) and David Davis asked whether I’d … Continue reading →

I’m in silicon valley for VFD3, this is my first time in the valley so I’m having the experience of seeing tech company signs on way more buildings than I’m used to in New Zealand.

This is my big news for February, I approached Infinio to become sponsors of AutoLab and they said yes! Starting this month Infinio is the sole sponsor of the AutoLab and their help will allow me to spend more time … Continue reading →

On Monday I head to Silicon Valley to spend a few days at Virtualization Field Day 3, run by the incomparable Stephen Foskett and his merry band. This will be my first visit to the valley, previous SF trips have … Continue reading →

I cannot believe that it’s nearly two months since HP Discover in Barcelona, a very busy and chaotic couple of weeks. I started this post on the plane back from Barcelona but didn’t get it finished until today. Disclaimer: I … Continue reading →