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Raw Device Mappings Aren’t That Bad… Change My Mind!

August 7, 2025August 7, 2025 Webb Matt

Intro Okay, you see the title, and I know what you’re thinking: ‘This guy’s about to defend a technology that belongs in a museum next to a dial-up modem.’ And you’re not wrong to be skeptical. For years, the industry has treated Raw Device Mappings (RDMs) like a fossil from the Jurassic period, a relic […]

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VMware Cloud Foundation Considerations

October 1, 2020February 10, 2025 Matt Webb

I’ve covered VMware Cloud Foundation (or VCF for short) for some time now. My previous role was covering the product from a pre-sales perspective. VMware Cloud Foundation is a very powerful platform to enable customers to get to a hybrid cloud. Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware, has summarized the solution well. He says that “VMware […]

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