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The Year in Review Around the Storage Block

Calvin ZitoDecember 6, 20210411 views

Wow, what happened to 2021! You’d think all the time spent at home over the last 20 months would mean 2021 would crawl by but that’s not the case. I’m particularly reflective as I write this article because today I’m also celebrating my 38^th work anniversary with HPE. The pace of change has accelerated from when I started working at HPE and especially recently. Let’s look at some of the big moments in 2021 Around the Storage Block.

Why should you care about Unified DataOps – Tom Black talks to Calvin Zito about the new data vision

Calvin ZitoJune 15, 20210433 views

On May 4th, HPE Storage made a massive announcement. Leading up to it, I had a blog post with a video that talked about it being the biggest thing I’ve worked on in my 30+ years in HPE Storage. It’s true. There’s a shift that I think is happening in the industry and that big – dare I say seismic? – shift is reflected in the announcement.

Around The Storage Block

Calvin ZitoMarch 23, 20210432 views

I had a really hard time deciding on just one thing to talk about in my quarterly article – there’s been a lot happening in storage and I didn’t want to miss the chance to tell you about it all. So this article will be a bit of a potpourri of news I want to share with you. So here we go!

HPE Storage 2020 Year in Review

Calvin ZitoDecember 8, 20200229 views

How do you look back at 2020 to find highlights in what has been probably the toughest year for all of us? Let’s face it, it’s been a tough year.

It’s been tough on customers.

It’s been tough on vendors.

It’s been tough all over.

But despite the mess we’ve had to deal with, all of us, it has been a good year for HPE Storage.…

Around The Storage Block

Calvin ZitoSeptember 22, 20200319 views

We spend a lot of time and energy talking about HPE Primera and HPE Nimble Storage – for good reason as I really believe they are the best one-two punch of mid-range and Tier-0 mission critical storage in the industry.

Around the Storage Block

Calvin ZitoJune 23, 20200284 views

Leading up to the HPE Discover Virtual Experience we had big news. We just announced some pretty exciting primary storage updates that center on Advancing Intelligence, Mission-Critical DR, Accelerating Apps, and On-Demand Automation. HPE Nimble Storage and HPE Primera are our stars of the day, and I have two ways for you to learn about what’s up: a Chalk Talk and a podcast.

What is the IQ of your infrastructure?

Calvin ZitoMarch 24, 20200246 views

The importance of data in today’s business cannot be overstated. Data has become a strategic asset, allowing every business to rethink the way they operate. IT organizations call it ‘digital transformation’: the ability to tailor the entire customer experience, driving increased revenue and customer loyalty through intelligently managed data and applications.

A busy end of year for HPE Storage!

Calvin ZitoDecember 10, 20190332 views

Happy New Year! Well, it’s a new (fiscal) year here at HPE and 2020 is just around the corner. And we finished our fiscal 2019 with a bang. There were several announcements and we hosted bloggers at an event in Anaheim at Disneyland. So let me touch on each of these and give you links where you can get more.

Around The Storage Block

Calvin ZitoSeptember 24, 20190361 views

In this abbreviated article based on an Around the Storage Block blog post, my colleague Simon Watkins looked at what customers said about HPE StoreOnce. There were too many quotes to include in my article so be sure to read the article on ATSB to see everything that was said. Here’s the article from Simon.

You complete me:
What is HPE Complete?

Calvin ZitoSeptember 24, 20190265 views

A couple of months ago, I did a Chalk Talk that gave a description of the HPE Complete program. The HPE Complete program resells best-in-class third party branded products that complement and complete HPE native solutions. When something is worth my time to do a Chalk Talk, I try to also do a blog post on the topic. I just updated the Chalk Talk with a few new partners in the Complete program so now's a great time to highlight the program.