Tech Interviews

When it comes to keeping up with the latest IT industry trends, the good, the bad, the things to keep an eye on, how do we even begin to get started when the industry is so large and diverse? There are, however, lots of places we can go to find different opinions and views, vendor events, blogs, briefings or even Podcasts. One other avenue open to us are analysts. Recently major analyst firm, Gartner, published one of their Magic Quadrant reports, this one focussed on the storage industry. As always these reports reflect really well on some and not always so well for others. I was discussing this recently with a friend of mine from storage vendor NetApp, it was a really interesting chat and I thought it would make a great podcast. So, this week, I'm joined by Greg Knieriemen, Chief Technologist at NetApp as we replay our discussion for the benefit of the Tech Interviews audience. *What analysts do *Types of analysts and their differing value *Changing view of analysts from skepticism to appreciation *The