Early july I get this phone call: “hey Hans, seems you are independent again. Would you like to come on our TechTrailblazers judge panel?” – […]
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YES, I will be at VMworld SAN Francisco! And no, I am not coming as a disguised evangelist (yet, as this could still change). There […]
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The Cloud Paranoia Lately the (Public) Cloud Paranoia has grown due to for example the leaks of PRISM. I will not explain PRISM here as […]
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It’s that point in time that I go through some administration and question some things. Am I still working efficiently? Can I optimise my activities? […]
Continue readingReady for something new …
Yes, this one is sad news. I have been informed that Veeam EMEA has no more need of my services. They have ensured me that […]
Continue readingLas Vegas, the safest place on earth … for your data
One of the nice benefits of traveling full time to all types of IT conferences is that I get to meet the most amazing people […]
Continue readingHP might still go for true Converged Infrastructure?
HP has been marketing Converged Infrastructure for at least 3 to 4 years now. But for most of us it still is not even close […]
Continue readingBaby 3PAR has super powers
I know, the title is a bit of a teaser but it makes sense. I am at HP Discover Las Vegas this week and HP […]
Continue readingVMware’s Software Defined Storage – and some rant
There are 2 reasons for this blogpost. Firstly I was at VMUG Italy (#VMUGit) last week and the closing slot was Cormac Hogan (@VMwareStorage). Although he […]
Continue readingLearning new languages 2.0
I was never good at foreign languages in school. I failed my French classes each and every year and my English was as good as […]
Continue readingYour storage in the Cloud
Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, bleh bleh bleh, … get over it, it is all called CLOUD and it will remain that way for […]
Continue reading2013 – the year of FLASH in BeNeLux
First post of this year and the look forward comes out of the look backward. You have seen me writing a lot about storage (flash) […]
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