Calvin Zito

Calvin Zito HPE Blogger & Storage Evangelist

Calvin Zito is a 37 year veteran in the IT industry and has worked in storage for 30 years. He’s an 11-time VMware vExpert. As an early adopter of social media and active in communities, he has blogged for 12 years. 

You can find our blog at hpe.com/storage/blog and on Twitter as @CalvinZito

You can also contact him via email at calvin.zito@hpe.com

Recapping the storage news from HPE Discover

Discover has come and gone and it was a fantastic event for me. I had a great time meeting people and sharing my passion for storage. If you were unable to join us in Las Vegas, I want to give you an overview of some huge news we announced at HPE Discover 2019. If you’d rather watch a video, this Chalk Talk is the same information but there are several links in my article that you can get more on the things I discuss.

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Around The Storage Block

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Most of my articles here have been looking at a topic and I write about it. In this quarter’s article, I wanted to highlight a couple of the blog articles by other experts on Around the Storage Block that have attracted a lot of attention – in other words, these articles are getting a lot of views. I’ll pull a few of the highlights from them and give you a link where you can read the details.…

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Top 10 Storage Trends of 2018 and Why You Should Care

[vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1566401381666{padding-right: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;}”][vc_column_text]In this quarter’s storage column, I want to share with you an article that was originally posted on my Around the Storage Block by Vish Mulchand. Vish is a Senior Director of Product Management and has broad industry experience.

What is on the horizon for data storage? With 2018 comes a new opportunity to make changes such as replacing aging data center infrastructure, incorporating AI into your storage stack, and revisiting your data protection strategy.

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HPE Nimble Storage–a year later

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]It’s been just over a year since we acquired Nimble Storage. I was thinking about it recently as we had an HPE Nimble Storage related announcement at the beginning of May. I’ll talk more about that in a bit but I wanted to share some thoughts about the last year.

 

No one was more surprised than me when I got an email from my manager the night before we were going to announce the acquisition.…

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