Bert Latamore

Bert Latamore is a freelance writer covering the intersection of IT and business for SiliconANGLE. He is a frequent contributor to CrowdChats focused on theCUBE coverage of major IT industry events and site editor at Wikibon.org. He has 35 years’ experience covering the IT industry including four with Gartner, five with Meta Group, and eight with Wikibon. He lives in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains with his wife, Moire, and their dog, cat and macaw. In his spare time he enjoys reading, hiking and photography.

Latest from Bert Latamore

Scott Lowe Explains Basics of SDN for CIOs on Wikibon

NEWS By BERT LATAMORE14 YEARS AGO

Software defined networks, (SDN) also known as network virtualization, is a bleeding edge technology that jumped into prominence in the industry with VMware’s purchase of SDN pioneer Nicira just before VMworld 2012 in September. And while the technology may not be quite …

NetApp Pursuing Hybrid Flash/Disk Storage Strategy for Maximum Customer Value

NEWS By BERT LATAMORE14 YEARS AGO

With its recent announcement of Flash Accel, NetApp has put a major piece in its flash/disk hybrid storage strategy in place, says NetApp VP of Data Lifecycle Solutions Tim Russell. While this puts flash cache on the server, the key to NetApp’s …

Walz Group Switches to Flexpod to Gain Agility, Meet Rigid Compliance Requirements

NEWS By BERT LATAMORE14 YEARS AGO

A provider of critical document management fulfillment and regulatory compliance services to the legal and financial industry, including mortgage lenders, the Walz Group works under stringent compliance requirements including Dodd-Frank provisions for forclosures, and TARP and other regulations governing mortgage and foreclosure …

Isha Suri Posts Six Rules for Successful Big Data Marketing Strategy

NEWS By BERT LATAMORE14 YEARS AGO

Wikibon and SiliconAngle contributor Isha Suri has posted six rules rules for a successful marketing strategy in the era of Big Data on Wikibon. The new data gathering and analysis technologies give marketers a powerful new toolset for developing strong, personalized, online …

QLogic Focuses on Flash and Cloud Storage Integration Says Rob Davis

NEWS By BERT LATAMORE14 YEARS AGO

“I’m in the futures business, and we’re focused on cloud and flash,” QLogic CTO Rob Davis told SiliconAngle Founder John Furrier and Wikibon Co-Founder David Vellante in the Cube in the QLogic booth at Oracle OpenWorld on October 3, 2012. Qlogic’s flash …

Potential Big Data Users Moving from Technology to Business Discussions Says EMC CTO

NEWS By BERT LATAMORE14 YEARS AGO

“The customers I talk to don’t care about Hadoop,” EMC CTO Bill Schmarzo, whom SiliconAngle Founder John Furrier dubbed “the dean of Big Data”, said in an October 2, 2012 interview webcast from the Cube in the QLogic booth at Oracle OpenWorld. “Hadoop …

QLogic Frees SSDs from Server Slavery with Mt. Rainier

NEWS By BERT LATAMORE14 YEARS AGO

Qlogic’s Mt. Rainier connects multiple server-based SSDs into what amounts to a virtual SAN, freeing them from single-application dominance to provide very high-speed, aggregated storage capacity across the data center, says Ryan Klein, senior director at the Fibre Channel and Ethernet switch, …

Opera Makes Pact to Run Big Data Analytics on Oracle

NEWS By BERT LATAMORE14 YEARS AGO

At Oracle OpenWorld 2012, October 1, Opera Solutions announced a deal to allow its unique Big Data analytics to run on Oracle. Similar to its previously announced deal with SAP, this basically means that Oracle users who subscribe to the Opera Big …

Startup SimpliVity Worth a Close Look says Wikibon’s John McArthur

NEWS By BERT LATAMORE14 YEARS AGO

Founded in late 2009, SimpliVity is a new data center-in-a-box maker just out of stealth mode, who’s OmniCube is worth shortlisting when looking for next-generation, fully integrated hardware systems, says John McArthur in his latest Wikibon Professional Alert. OmniCube is designed for …

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Latest from Bert Latamore

Scott Lowe Explains Basics of SDN for CIOs on Wikibon

NetApp Pursuing Hybrid Flash/Disk Storage Strategy for Maximum Customer Value

Walz Group Switches to Flexpod to Gain Agility, Meet Rigid Compliance Requirements

Isha Suri Posts Six Rules for Successful Big Data Marketing Strategy

QLogic Focuses on Flash and Cloud Storage Integration Says Rob Davis

Potential Big Data Users Moving from Technology to Business Discussions Says EMC CTO

QLogic Frees SSDs from Server Slavery with Mt. Rainier

Opera Makes Pact to Run Big Data Analytics on Oracle

Startup SimpliVity Worth a Close Look says Wikibon’s John McArthur

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