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Over 8 years ago
Answered a question: Pure Storage or NetApp for VDI?
*This comment is about HP/3Par specifically, not directly about Pure or Netapp
Calvin - Are you still working for HP? I heard another round of layoffs on deck that will impact up to 30,000 employees... Hopefully you are not one of them. This announcement of layoffs doesn't…
Over 8 years ago
Answered a question: Pure Storage or NetApp for VDI?
I'm late to the party but since I was invited I will share my opinion
Even assuming a clean install with no prior experience working with either technology, the question posed creates an apples and oranges discussion in my opinion.
Netapp being a legacy architecture…
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Over 8 years ago
I have assisted several clients upgrade their dataI have assisted several clients upgrade their data center from outdated, legacy hardware to modern, more efficient infrastructure.
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About me
Strong desire for success and personal improvement. Always looking for challenging opportunities to help me grow personally, professionally and spiritually.
Strengths:
- Strong technical foundation in 'end to end' infrastructure solutions, which would include: Networking, Storage, Compute, Virtualization, data replication, data protection and Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity.
- Extensive experience in prospecting for net-new business coupled with ability to cross-sell into existing client base
- Demonstrated ability to whiteboard complex IT solutions for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Additional skills/ Certifications:
Dell Storage – MD, Equallogic and Compellent (Sales and Technical)
Dell Servers (Sales and Technical)
Dell AppAssure (Sales and Technical)
Dell Networking (Sales and Technical)
NetApp Storage (Sales)
Tegile Storage (Sales and Technical)
VMware (VSP, VTSP)
- VDI - View
Cisco:
- Networking
- UCS
Veeam
Microsoft:
- Volume Licensing/ Contract negotiation
- Enterprise Product Knowledge/ Solution Selling
- Office Application suite
Sales Force
Solutions:
Business Continuity Planning, Disaster Recovery/Avoidance
High Availability (HA) Infrastructure
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Storage Area Networks (SAN) – iSCSi, Fiber, FCoE, 10GbE
Network Attached Storage (NAS) – unstructured, file storage
Cloud Storage – Private, Public, Hybrid solutions
Virtual Infrastructure Optimization
Network Optimization
Interesting Projects and Accomplishments
Over 8 years ago
