01. Rich Petersen, SanDisk, Visits #theCUBE!. (00:20)
02. Where Is SanDisk After All The Changes You've Been Through. (00:42)
03. What Do You Have Going On At The Event. (01:37)
04. Why Is It Such A Big Deal That SanDisk Is Certified VMWare Ready. (02:11)
05. Are You Cutting The Line In The Horrible Storage Stack. (03:00)
06. Who Is Your Other Partner. (04:08)
07. How Are You Going To Market With Your Technology. (05:48)
08. Is It A Very Different Way Of Thinking About Software In This Particular Space. (06:59)
09. What Is The Strategy For SanDisk Growing In The Storage Space. (07:37)
10. Does The Fact That You Can Do Storage For Much Less Threathen Some Partners. (08:48)
11. There's Not Nearly The Same Mark Up With Flash As Traditional Solid StateStorage. (10:59)
12. Is There Opportunity For You To Own Complete Stack. (12:34)
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SanDisk is playing nice in the ecosystem | #VMworld
by Marlene Den Bleyker
Sep 3, 2015
SanDisk Corp. is in a unique position in the storage space. The company works with provider partners and is now competing for a spot to service the enterprise client. Rich Petersen, director of software marketing at SanDisk, spoke with Dave Vallente and David Foyer of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, at VMworld 2015 in San Francisco about its partnership with VMware, Inc. and where the company is going in the future.
A valued partner
Over the past five years, SanDisk has been expanding its focus to serve enterprise customers in what the company sees as an opportunity to utilize flash technology. SanDisk’s most recent partnership with VMware produced Flashsoft software.
According to Petersen, the two companies collaborated for about a year and a half to design write-back caching to support for data in VMware’s product environment.
The tip of the iceberg
“SanDisk’s strategy to move into the enterprise market is to level the playing field for all ecosystem partners,” Petersen said. “The company will employ a hybrid strategy that includes a sales, channel and I/O presence efforts.” SanDisk will maintain reseller relationships with VMware, other collaborative partners and server vendors.
Peterson commented about SanDisk’s unique position in the value chain. “Enterprise is a big opportunity, and they have only just seen the tip of the iceberg for flash,” he said. In order capture the enterprise client, Petersen said there is a need to drive technology and drive costs down. He continued, “Our success hinges on getting the end users the technology they need, and we need to win on both fronts, with customers and partners.”
@theCUBE
#VMworld
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Rich Petersen, SanDisk | VMworld 2015
01. Rich Petersen, SanDisk, Visits #theCUBE!. (00:20)
02. Where Is SanDisk After All The Changes You've Been Through. (00:42)
03. What Do You Have Going On At The Event. (01:37)
04. Why Is It Such A Big Deal That SanDisk Is Certified VMWare Ready. (02:11)
05. Are You Cutting The Line In The Horrible Storage Stack. (03:00)
06. Who Is Your Other Partner. (04:08)
07. How Are You Going To Market With Your Technology. (05:48)
08. Is It A Very Different Way Of Thinking About Software In This Particular Space. (06:59)
09. What Is The Strategy For SanDisk Growing In The Storage Space. (07:37)
10. Does The Fact That You Can Do Storage For Much Less Threathen Some Partners. (08:48)
11. There's Not Nearly The Same Mark Up With Flash As Traditional Solid StateStorage. (10:59)
12. Is There Opportunity For You To Own Complete Stack. (12:34)
Track List created with http://www.vinjavideo.com.
--- ---
SanDisk is playing nice in the ecosystem | #VMworld
by Marlene Den Bleyker
Sep 3, 2015
SanDisk Corp. is in a unique position in the storage space. The company works with provider partners and is now competing for a spot to service the enterprise client. Rich Petersen, director of software marketing at SanDisk, spoke with Dave Vallente and David Foyer of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, at VMworld 2015 in San Francisco about its partnership with VMware, Inc. and where the company is going in the future.
A valued partner
Over the past five years, SanDisk has been expanding its focus to serve enterprise customers in what the company sees as an opportunity to utilize flash technology. SanDisk’s most recent partnership with VMware produced Flashsoft software.
According to Petersen, the two companies collaborated for about a year and a half to design write-back caching to support for data in VMware’s product environment.
The tip of the iceberg
“SanDisk’s strategy to move into the enterprise market is to level the playing field for all ecosystem partners,” Petersen said. “The company will employ a hybrid strategy that includes a sales, channel and I/O presence efforts.” SanDisk will maintain reseller relationships with VMware, other collaborative partners and server vendors.
Peterson commented about SanDisk’s unique position in the value chain. “Enterprise is a big opportunity, and they have only just seen the tip of the iceberg for flash,” he said. In order capture the enterprise client, Petersen said there is a need to drive technology and drive costs down. He continued, “Our success hinges on getting the end users the technology they need, and we need to win on both fronts, with customers and partners.”
@theCUBE
#VMworld
