As an IT architect who works on big data and cloud platform solutions, one common challenge is uploading files, especially files larger than 1TB. The problem becomes exasperated when there is no browser plug-in for a reliable and secure upload. We solved this problem inside NetApp IT by implementing a highly scalable, reliable, and […]
I have worked in IT for over 25 years and am intrigued by how the world is being changed by software. It feels like every company today is defined by their ability to rapidly meet customer’s needs via software. This software driven world demands rapid application development. Regardless if it is an IoT solution, a […]
Over the past 18 months I have been part of an exciting NetApp IT initiative to build a DevOps platform that provides the cloud services, automation, and CI/CD release models that our application development teams need to build cloud native applications. We call the platform CloudOne as it provides one consistent developer experience, irrespective of […]
Many IT organizations are implementing DevOps practices to realize the benefits that companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook and others have been experiencing for years. They want to deliver features faster, improve the stability of applications, and move from a reactive delivery organization to one of innovation. No doubt these are great benefits, yet you cannot […]
Embarking on an enterprise cloud journey without an application strategy is a recipe for disaster and will result in higher costs and disappointments for the organization. The first step in our cloud journey was to determine the right cloud solution―we call it target state architecture (TSA)—for all business applications in the enterprise portfolio. Inside NetApp, […]
For the on premises and private cloud environments, NetApp IT has a mature and productive operational support model that is well managed, has proven processes and established metrics, and results in little or no business disruptions. But that wasn’t always the case. When I started with NetApp in late 2011, we were experiencing Priority-1 (P1) […]
One of my roles as a member of the NetApp® IT Customer-1 program is to implement, design, and architect NetApp StorageGRID® for our object storage requirements. Our StorageGRID deployment consists of multiple Storage Nodes and is deployed across many sites. The Storage Nodes provide service endpoints for applications and manage the storage, replication, metadata, and so […]
Storage capacity, efficiency, and performance are key responsibilities that my colleagues and I manage as part of the enterprise IT storage team at NetApp. We currently maintain approximately 75 PB of storage and 450 storage controllers supporting hundreds of corporate business applications. To best manage our environment, we have relied on several NetApp solutions in […]
As a certified application integration and security architect, I understand the traditional data center security approach to monolithic applications. The apps are typically heavily customized, inefficiently designed, and can reside on unpatched servers with poor admin control. Network port ambiguity can also exist because the app owners don’t know what ports their apps run on. […]
The crux of IT tech support is simple: How fast can you identify and successfully resolve an incident? The complexity lies in the details, especially when handling hundreds of tasks per day. Recently, NetApp IT began automating the process to resolve incidents without human intervention, particularly those first-level incidents that experience a high-volume of […]
Business intelligence (BI) is undeniably crucial. Data is king, and business leaders want to quickly―and securely―tap into it to gain competitive insight, go to market faster, and make the best possible tactical and strategic decisions. The key to success is real-time data analytics. At NetApp, real-time data analytics capability is limited because of our […]
As a data driven company, NetApp relies on data science, business intelligence (BI) and analytics to learn, improve, and predict from a myriad of possibilities throughout the enterprise. As I discussed in my earlier blog on organizational structures for data scientists, data analytics is essential to planning and driving business. Data scientists, and their portfolio […]
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