The CTO Advisor

By Keith TownsendTechnology

The CTO Advisor episodes

October 28, 2015 Post-Virtualization World - CTO 013
Are we in a post-Virtualization world? It seems as if every vendor has a container solution and full x86-virtualization is no longer needed. Listen to my thoughts on VMware Integrated Containers, Docker, Mesosphere etc...
9 min
October 21, 2015 Pros and Cons of Application Appliances - CTO Chat 012
In CTO Chat 012 I discuss the advantages of Application Appliances such as SAP HANA appliances and Oracle Converged systems.
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11 min
October 17, 2015 Cancer Research and Big Data - CTO011
Intel bought a group of influencers to their campus to talk many things Intel Cloud. As a capstone they took us on a visit of the OHSU Research Campus. OHSU specializes in Cancer Research. I hosted a Periscope and talked about the lessons learnt of managing big data associated with Cancer Research.
10 min
October 12, 2015 EMC acquired by Dell - CTO10
My initial reactions to the customer impact of Dell acquiring EMC for $67B
9 min
October 05, 2015 Selling into the large enterprise - CTO009
One of the hidden parts enterprise IT is not just coming up with a great product idea but identifying the appropriate silo to target. I've been pinched many ideas that I thought great technical solutions. However, I've found myself scratching my head in how I'd get the solution to fit within a large organization.
9 min
September 30, 2015 HA vs. DR - What's What
I commonly run into the educational challenge of explaining DR vs. HA. Application owners sometimes confuse having a solid disaster recovery plan with having high availability. Or vice versa. A system can be highly redundant without having a solid disaster recovery plan. In this podcast, I discuss the difference between HA and DR.
8 min
September 07, 2015VMworld 2015 Review - CTO Chat 007
It's been a busy week. I left for VMworld on August 29th and returned home September 6th. It been on of my longer trips. In this CTO Chat, I talk about the major announcements coming from VMworld 2015. In my book, I have three.
Cloud to Cloud vMotion
Photon Manager
Extending NSX to AWS
I discuss the level of importance of each announcement to the enterprise and which, if any, I'm really excited about and will follow.
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9 min
August 17, 2015 You never get fired for buying <insert here#x3E; - CTO Chat 006
Engineers hate the concept of making buying decisions based on the politics of vendor relationships. It's frustrating to go through a trade study and show that a new technology is superior to an established vendors tech just to have the decision maker buy from the legacy vendor. In this CTO Chat, I talk about the culture, why it exists and how to fight the good fight (or when not to fight) and move your organization forward.
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August 13, 2015 Why Gartner put Oracle in the Infrastructure MQ - CTO Chat 005
It seems like I’m writing or talk more about Gartner than at any point in time in my career. Gartner’s Magic Quadrant (MQ) comes under more scrutiny than any other piece of content than in the infrastructure market. It doesn’t matter the results; there are constant questions surrounding Gartner’s research criteria and their integrity. The most recent MQ was a mapping of converged infrastructure solutions. It seems the biggest surprise is the inclusion of Oracle as a leader in the space. There was a good deal of push-back from engineers who don’t view Oracle as innovative. In this podcast, I talk MQ and why Oracle should be in the latest report.
14 min
August 10, 2015 Does Gartner practice pay for play? - CTO Chat 004
Gartner recently released their Magic Quadrant (MQ)for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure. Both The Register and ZDnet have questioned the logic in the research. Many of the subject matter experts I follow on Twitter have questioned if the MQ is little more than marketing for those vendors that spend money with Gartner. I tackle the question and make some suggestions for Gartner which includes following the lead of Big 4 consulting practices that have to deal with similar issues.
12 min

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