Soundbytes #006: A Discussion on The Storage Industry with Stephen Foskett at DockerCon 2017

Soundbytes #006: A Discussion on The Storage Industry with Stephen Foskett at DockerCon 2017

Chris EvansSoundbytes

In this podcast, recorded at DockerCon 2017, ChrisE talks to Stephen Foskett, organiser of the Tech Field Day events.  During the short podcast, the conversation covers issues of the storage industry, how we’re moving towards software and whether the idea of “alpha” storage products really makes sense.

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Timeline

  • 00:00:00 – Introductions – Tech Field Day since 2009
  • 00:01:30 – DockerCon – Storage, Networking, Security, Monitoring, the usual suspects
  • 00:01:50 – The old the new side by side
  • 00:02:30 – Storage with Docker
  • 00:03:00 – Portworx, just like a traditional storage array
  • 00:04:00 – Industry changes – consolidation, being a real company or being their R&D
  • 00:05:00 – Who will go the distance, Pure?
  • 00:06:00 – Who could survive purely as a storage software company
  • 00:07:00 – The rise of alpha storage software – good or bad?
  • 00:09:30 – Pass the Parcel/Hot Potato

Companies Referenced In This Podcast

EMC, HPE, Nimble, NetApp, Docker, Portworx, Pure Storage, Ceph, StorageOS, Hedvig, Rancher, CoreOS, Infinit, Data Gravity

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