Tech Field Day Podcast

The IT Differentiation Dilemma – The On-Premise IT Roundtable

We dug back in the On-Premise IT Roundtable archives to bring you an episode originally recorded in 2016, but incredibly prescient today. The roundtable discusses how IT companies can differentiate in an age of increasing commoditization. They look at examples like DSSD, Kaminario, and SimpliVity as ways to differentiate hardware, albeit at a considerable expense of time and resources. They then turn to software, and discuss the wave of SDS products that turned out to be features. The discussion is fascinating because many of the trends identified in this discussion have now played out in one form or another.

On-Premises for today’s roundtable:

Name

Stephen Foskett

Enrico Signoretti

Ray Lucchesi

Dan Frith

Max Mortillaro

Chris Evans

Rick Schlander

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Rich Stroffolino

Rich has been a tech enthusiast since he first used the speech simulator on a Magnavox Odyssey². Current areas of interest include ZFS, the false hopes of memristors, and the oral history of Transmeta.

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