2012 was Squirrels and Bacon

2012 has been, without a doubt, the most exciting year since I walk around this globe. There have been other years that had higher or […]

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HP Proliant Gen8 – Tech Q&A

Yesterday HP announced the new ProLiant Gen8. Formerly they had G3, G4, G5, G6 and G7 but this time it has been called the Gen8. Apparently it has something […]

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PureStorage arrives in EMEA

If you follow my blog closely you’ll notice that I like to follow up on some storage startups. A lot of them I did meet […]

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Please welcome baby 3PAR!

Rebranding the ‘future’ story: I’ve said it a few times in the last 2 years (actually since the acquisition of 3PAR) that HP should have […]

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Are you ready for the Flash

As promised at the last #VMUGbe (#17) I did deliver a session for the latest #VMUGbe (#18) november 9th. Although I did switch to ‘the […]

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The home lab – general

Finally I decided to create a decent home lab. Not only to run some tests but most of all to be able to show all […]

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TEDxBrussels – live blog

Today I am joined by 2200 other TEDx followers. TEDx is an independent TED organization. Today we are together in one of the nicest venues […]

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Amplidata – Object storage well done

A few weeks ago I visited Amplidata together with my friend Howard Marks (@DeepStorageNet). Amplidata is one of the very few Belgian companies that are […]

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What is Scale-Out?

A little while ago I did 2 posts on Nexenta. In the first one I gave some basic insights in ZFS as a file-system and in […]

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VMworld Europe – start preparing

Espana Por Favor! This post will be updated as new information comes in. Social gatherings, tips and tricks on local places, Veeam announcements (off course), Spousetivities!, … […]

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The Gospel of Hans

A technical or technology evangelist is a person who attempts to build a critical mass of support for a given technology in order to establish […]

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HP Virtual Connect and Flat SAN [Infosmack podcast]

Infosmack has always been one of the most respected podcasts within Enterprise IT. Therefore it was an honor for me when Nigel Poulton asked me to co-host an […]

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