Hosted by Greg Knieriemen, our guests this week are… trusty sidekick Ed Saipetch, Sr. Technical Director for the America’s for Joyent (@edsai), Darren Thomas – Dell Storage VP & GM, Phil Soran – President at Dell Compellent and many others…

• We kick off StorageBeers with Chris Evans and Martin Glassborow at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub.
• We look at Dell Storage Forum announcements with Darren Thomas – Dell Storage VP & GM and Phil Soran – President at Dell Compellent
• Other topics include:
• the path to Object Storage;
• VMware integration;
• competition; and
• acquisition challenges.
• Then we have a chat with Andy Hardy, Managing Director at Dell Compellent International and Liem Nguyen, Director of Global Communications and Social Media at Dell Storage.
• We talk about Andy’s Party – and first event in Europe;
• Liem and Andy celebrating an anniversary; and
• the challenges storage companies face in Europe.
• We wrap up with a chat between Gina Minks and Ed Saipetch

Disclosure: Nekkid Tech does not receive support directly or indirectly from vendors or guests. Vendor relationships are disclosed on the podcast. Dell provided travel, accommodations and some meals for the Dell Storage Forum where this podcast was recorded.