I’m fortunate to work in an environment where we’ve been able to pay down some technical debt and stabilize our IT environment. With the hard work of an excellent team, a supportive manager, and some personnel stability, we’ve made significant progress. Working late nights, weekends, and the occasional holiday is now the exception. It…
Year: 2017
TFDx and SFD14 Delegate Thoughts: Pre-Attendance
In the past year, I’ve made a concerted effort to go outside of my comfort zone. When the opportunity to attend both Commvault Go Tech Field Day Exclusive and Storage Field Day in the same week came up, I leapt for it. This event will be both my first Storage Field Day and also my first…
Mandalay Bay Exodus
I recognize now that, although, I was terrified that I was never actually in danger. Also, I realize that unlike the 58 victims of the shooting at a concert at Mandalay Bay, I went home to my family. With these feelings comes a sense of guilt for struggling to process the evening. Sunday night…
Highlights from My First VMworld
On Monday, September 4th, I did my first podcast interview. The podcast was the Tech Interviews with Paul Stringfellow, a fellow NetApp A-Teamer. If you never had the pleasure of listening to Paul’s podcast or met him firsthand, you may not know that he is one charming guy. Seriously, he’s “Hugh Grant” charming. The…
First Timer’s Guide to NetApp Insight
While NetApp Insight is great for tech veterans, it’s also perfect for a conference newbie. The tech community is a very welcoming! At 4,000+ attendees, the turnout is pretty big, without being overwhelming. Even though there is a second Insight conference in EMEA about a month later, there is still a pretty hefty global turnout….