Welcome new bloggers - the Dynamic Data Center Team Blog

Over the last few months I've been adding here my thoughts on the industry and how the nature of the data center and data center management is changing. I'm really delighted to introduce some new bloggers who'll add their thoughts and opinions to this blog - welcome Brajesh, Jeff, Hamish and Assaf.

Dynamic Data Center Blogging Team

Team bloggers share their opinions and observations about the dynamic data center and integration with server virtualization.

Brajesh Goyal, Director, Manageability Customer & Partner Solutions

Brajesh leads the technical marketing and community efforts for Manageability solutions. He works closely with customers & partners to build their own and/or adopt NetApp's manageability solutions. He joined NetApp in Feb 2005 and previously worked for Oracle as the Product Manager for Grid Computing and was among the first few people to define Grid Computing for Oracle. He has written two books on Enterprise Grid Computing. He has Masters from University of Minnesota and Bachelors from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai in Computer Science.

Jeff O'Neal, Senior Director - Data Center Solutions

Jeff O'Neal manages the go-to-market strategy for Data Center Infrastructure solutions at NetApp, including the NetApp Dynamic Data Center Solution and the Unified Storage Platform, as well as the company's Storage Management Software portfolio. Jeff joined NetApp in 2007 and previously worked for Sun Microsystems as Senior Director - Professional Services - Global Practice Development. Jeff has an MBA degree from the Monterey Institute of International Studies (with distinction) and a BSEE from California State University Northridge.

Hamish McGovern, Senior Product Manager, Virtualization and Grid Infrastructure BU

Hamish is bringing to market the NetApp Dynamic Data Center Solution that enables organization to run IT-as-a-Service from multitenancy infrastructure. Hamish joined NetApp in 2000 in the sales organization and led the technical team for one of NetApp's largest customers. Prior to NetApp he led the systems integration team at Australia's largest ISP, and spent ten years in telco and online services industries. Hamish holds a MBA from Monash University, and a BSc. and B.E. (Elec) from University of Sydney.

Assaf Levy, Senior Technical Director, SW

Assaf Levy leads product management for the SANscreen suite. Assaf joined NetApp through the Onaro acquisitions, where he was the CTO, Vice President of Business Development and Co-Founder. Assaf was responsible for driving Onaro's future product vision as well as our partnering strategy and execution. He works closely with customers, partners and Onaro's sales and field operations to assure that the company's innovative roadmap for product expansion meets market demands. Assaf has 15 years of management experience in market-driven product and software development and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the IDC center in Herzlia

With their strong varied backgrounds and opinions I hope this Dynamic Data Center blog will be both interesting to you, the reader, and enlightening. Remember you're a part of this so don't keep your thoughts to yourself ... blog it.

Paul.

Team bloggers share their opinions and observations about the dynamic data center and integration with server virtualization.

Brajesh Goyal, Director, Manageability Customer & Partner Solutions

Brajesh leads the technical marketing and community efforts for Manageability solutions. He works closely with customers & partners to build their own and/or adopt NetApp's manageability solutions. He joined NetApp in Feb 2005 and previously worked for Oracle as the Product Manager for Grid Computing and was among the first few people to define Grid Computing for Oracle. He has written two books on Enterprise Grid Computing. He has Masters from University of Minnesota and Bachelors from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai in Computer Science.

Jeff O'Neal, Senior Director - Data Center Solutions

Jeff O'Neal manages the go-to-market strategy for Data Center Infrastructure solutions at NetApp, including the NetApp Dynamic Data Center Solution and the Unified Storage Platform, as well as the company's Storage Management Software portfolio. Jeff joined NetApp in 2007 and previously worked for Sun Microsystems as Senior Director - Professional Services - Global Practice Development. Jeff has an MBA degree from the Monterey Institute of International Studies (with distinction) and a BSEE from California State University Northridge.

Hamish McGovern, Senior Product Manager, Virtualization and Grid Infrastructure BU

Hamish is bringing to market the NetApp Dynamic Data Center Solution that enables organization to run IT-as-a-Service from multitenancy infrastructure. Hamish joined NetApp in 2000 in the sales organization and led the technical team for one of NetApp's largest customers. Prior to NetApp he led the systems integration team at Australia's largest ISP, and spent ten years in telco and online services industries. Hamish holds a MBA from Monash University, and a BSc. and B.E. (Elec) from University of Sydney.

Assaf Levy, Senior Technical Director, SW

Assaf Levy leads product management for the SANscreen suite. Assaf joined NetApp through the Onaro acquisitions, where he was the CTO, Vice President of Business Development and Co-Founder. Assaf was responsible for driving Onaro's future product vision as well as our partnering strategy and execution. He works closely with customers, partners and Onaro's sales and field operations to assure that the company's innovative roadmap for product expansion meets market demands. Assaf has 15 years of management experience in market-driven product and software development and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the IDC center in Herzlia

With their strong varied backgrounds and opinions I hope this Dynamic Data Center blog will be both interesting to you, the reader, and enlightening. Remember you're a part of this so don't keep your thoughts to yourself ... blog it.

Paul.