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- Jarrett Ridlinghafer is an executive cloud, DevOps, data center infrastructure, security and compliance expert with over 25 years of experience in technology. - He specializes in strategic advisory roles for fortune 500 companies and startups, assisting with technology roadmaps, risk assessments, and infrastructure design and builds. - Some of his past roles include positions as Director and CTO, and he has founded 6 startups. He is currently available for both short and long-term consulting contracts.
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- 1. JARRETT NEIL RIDLINGHAFER LINKEDIN: HTTP://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/JNRIDLINGHAFER CELL: 305-926-6534, JARRETT.RIDLINGHAFER@GMAIL.COM 138 W RILLITO ST TUCSON, AZ 85705 EXECUTIVE CLOUD, DEVOPS, DATA-CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE - SME PROFILE: With an extensive and extremely diverse background spanning 25 years in technology overall, as a “Hands-On” Executive & Generalist Specializing in Data-Center & Cloud Infrastructures, Technical Operations (Both “NetOps” & “DevOps”), Security and Compliance. I currently primarily specialize in executive level strategic cloud technology advisory roles assisting fortune 500 and technology startup companies both with 3-5 year technology roadmaps, risk assessments, whitepapers, frameworks and infrastructure as well as process and procedural analysis, design and build-outs. As a Certified Master Project Manager I have managed many massively complex project management roles beginning at Netscape in 1994 and throughout my career. Having worked my way from “tech support engineer” to executive level roles including multiple stints as Director & CTO, patenting two inventions and founding 6 startups along the way. Advising Executive Teams on Strategic Technology Vision & Cloud Technology Roadmap, Public Cloud Security & Compliance Concerns & how best to Mitigate the High-Risks associated with Public Cloud Services & Infrastructures, is also an area I perform a lot of work in. I also help with the complete design & build-out of high-performance, 100% Up-time SLA Data-Center Infrastructures from scratch including Tier III. Open to both short & long-term consulting contracts as well as Full-time permanent role. I currently perform numerous remote & on-site contract roles for a large variety of Technology Consulting, Training & Publishing firms such as Fast Lane Consulting and Education Services, Inc. Tech Star Consulting, BrainBench.com, Athenaeum Partners, Hadoop Magazine and Packt Publishing. SHORT-TERM & LONG-TERM CONTRACT ROLES DEVOPS - Design & Build-out, Executive Advisory, Speaker, Content Development & Training DATA-CENTER – Design & Build-outs from Scratch, Upgrades/Migrations/Integrations/Analysis including Tier III CLOUD - Executive Advisory & Technology Roadmaps, Architecture, Design & Build-Outs from Scratch, Speaker, Content Development & Training IOT - Executive Advisory, Speaker, Content Development & Training SDN/NFV - Design & Build-out, Executive Advisory, Speaker, Content Development & Training CDN/CACHING STRATEGIES - Design & Build-out, Executive Advisory, Speaker, Content Development & Training OBJECT STORAGE/DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS - Design & Build-out, Executive Advisory, Speaker, Content Development & Training LOAD BALANCING - Design & Build-out, Upgrades/Migrations/Integrations/Analysis BYOD Analysis, Policy & Procedures, Executive Advisory, Speaking, Content Development & Training SECURITY & COMPLIANCE - GRC, Cryptology, Physical Site Security, Biometrics, Identity Mgmt. Data-Center Hardening & Cloud Security , Firewall Selection & Configurations POC – Proof of Concepts HPC – High-Performance Computing/Clusters INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS – Monitoring/Alerting/Reporting, IP Management, Password management, Knowledgebase, Troubleticketing systems, Log Analysis, Inventory Management, Patch Management, Server Config Management, Escalation Policies & Procedures, Change management Policies & Procedures, etc..
- 2. PROJECT MANAGEMENT – I am certified as both a Master International Project Manager CIMPM & Certified Master Project Manager & Have been performing complex and very large and long project management roles for 25+ years managing diverse teams as many as 12 and as many as 200 individuals ENTERPRISE SOLUTION ARCHITECT & ANALYST Legal Department Solutions HR Department Enterprise Solutions Enterprise Recruiting Solutions Office of the CFO, Billing, Payroll & Accounts Solutions IT Helpdesk Solutions Sales & Marketing Solutions Website Content Management Solutions Design & E-Commerce Solutions Operations EXECUTIVE STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY ROADMAPS COMPLETE ENTERPRISE SECURITY, COMPLIANCE & GRC POLICY REVIEWS COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC CORPORATE CLOUD STRATEGY ROADMAPS MY NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE: Approximately 25 Years in the high-tech industry Specializing in Cloud technology & Cloud Infrastructure Project Management for the past 6-8 years I am an Inventor and Entrepreneur who has had two patentable inventions, four startup businesses and two VC offers of funding in the past I am the inventor and creator of the famous “Bugs Bounty” program (a name coined by me) while working at Netscape 1994-1999. It was the first of its kind anywhere whereby a company paid users who found a bug which was verified. It is considered by many to be the first ever “Social Software Development” program in the world and was claimed as one of the largest successes of Netscape by James Barksdale in his book “Netscape Time” and also by the San Jose Mercury News at the time. I am the inventor and creator of the “Netscape Champions” program (Now known as the Mozilla Champions), and the Nuggies (Netscape User Groups), still an active program 20 years later. I managed the creation of the first AI Automated Email Response System in Corp. America for Netscape in with a company called Aptex and their product derived from the NSA. The project was developed from concept, through Alpha, Beta and into production over 14 months, saving the company over $5M annually, with all my ideas together totaling an estimated $20M in annual savings Managed the massive in-house designed and developed Netscape Call Tracking System a 16 month project affecting almost every single department and each of the 3500 employees I was the first to bring Fiber and Broadband (Both DSL & Wireless) Access to Los Gatos, California in the late 90’s with Steve Wozniak & Stealth Startup “Netflix” among my earliest customers I was the inventor and idea behind the First Plug-n-Play Retail Firewall Router which was subsequently offered funding by KPCB (the largest VC firm in Silicon Valley at the time) in 2000 I was the project manager in charge of the design & build-out of the massively complex, (a Java based SaaS infrastructure) PS3 Online Gaming Data-Center in multiple locations across the globe for SCEA (Sony Computer Entertainment America) between 2004-2006 I also managed the complete design and Build-out of the SaaS Data-Center for iLoop Mobile, Inc. which was then selected to host the Obama.mobi website for the successful 2008 Presidential Campaign and which was also selected for the 2008 Mobile Marketing Infrastructure Platform of the Year Award by the MMAA (Mobile Marketing Association of America) also in 2008 @ FACEBOOK - JUNE 2012 – ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF CLOUD TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS INVITED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN FACEBOOK’S “BIG DATA” PRIVATE CONFERENCE CLOUD CON/EXPO 2012 – Authored “THE CLOUD, MARKETING HYPE VS REALITY AND ITS NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE MARKET” o The Fundamental Differences of the Public VS the Private Cloud and which is right for you? MAJOR STRENGTHS: Unique hands-on Executive having worked myself up to Executive Level, while starting out as a “Technical Support Engineer” at Netscape Communications Corp. in 1994 where I worked my way up
- 3. to “World Wide Support Operations Manager”. I’m as comfortable configuring a Cisco 7206VXR Router, PIX/ASA firewall, Juniper SSL VPN or an F5 Load Balancer as I am developing and presenting a multi-million dollar budget or proposal to an executive board, a business plan to VC’s or working as a Direct Report to the CEO Innovative Leader and Motivator who believes strongly in leading from the front Talented Technologist skilled in designing technologically advanced infrastructures for Mobile Applications, Social Gaming Applications, ASP, XaaS/Cloud environments Excel in building and/or Improving Operational Infrastructures to enable enhanced management capabilities and improved efficiencies, integrity and accountability of a network’s overall performance Release Engineering Management (Devops): Experienced designing and managing software development servers and tools & release engineering environments. Developing and managing release teams, policies and procedures. Application Architecture Improvements(Devops): – Performance Optimization & Analysis Project Management of large, high-profile, complex projects. Certified as a Master Project Manager (MPM) & Certified International Project Manager (CIPM) with the American Academy of Project Management ™. UI Design - UI Design & Mockup Development Java Software Development/Engineering - Operations Support & Tools – Keeping development teams on the cutting-edge of technology, introducing newer and better tools, techniques, processes & procedures in order to make the software development lifecycle environment a more automated, efficient, clean and proficient process overall. Complete Project Lifecycle Management – From initial concept to needs assessment, stakeholder consensus, design, alpha, beta and on into live production environment Excellent writing and verbal communication skills with the ability to present ideas and proposals in a clear, concise and comprehensive fashion at any level. Passion, Drive and Commitment - I happen to love what I do for a living and consider it “fun” rather than work. Talented trouble-shooter/Problem Solver able to evaluate, analyze and intuitively comprehend operational deficiencies and inefficiencies and address them Thrives in fast paced, multi-tasking, high-stress & high-energy environments Big supporter and user of open-source solutions & software, wherever possible Managed the Design and Deployment of 20 World-Class Data Centers from the ground up: o SCEA-PlayStation3 Online – ASP/SaaS & Cloud infrastructure built to deliver an unparalleled social gaming experience and to compete with Microsoft’s XBOX-Live social gaming platform o iLoop Mobile – ASP/SaaS & Cloud Platform to deliver an unparalleled mobile experience ( OBAMA.MOBI ) o DSL Designs, Inc. - Fiber-Optic & Wireless Data Center built to provide Broadband and Hosting Solutions and the inventor of the first plug-n-play retail firewall router o Sony Pictures Entertainment where I designed and managed the build-out of a global cloud infrastructure to server massive (500TB+)amounts of music and video data Expert in pinpointing wasteful spending, negotiating extraordinary discounted rates and pricing and developing unique cost saving initiatives such as the combined US$23 million reduction in support costs while at Netscape Communications Corp. Founder, Entrepreneur & Inventor of multiple patents and patented inventions Serve in both Executive and Advisory board roles SME SKILLSET CONSIDERED A SME IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS & TECHNOLOGIES Emerging Technology Analysis Cloud Computing Data-Center Infrastructures CIMPM Security Compliance & GRC IoT NetOps Devops BC Business Continuity HA High-Availability DR/VDR Disaster Recovery & Virtual Disaster Recovery
- 4. EMPLOYMENT JUNE 2015 - PRESENT Object Storage Data Replication Mesh Networking/Grid Networking HPC High Performance Computing HAC High-Availability Clusters BYOD/BYOC Bring Your Own Device/Bring Your Own Cloud ITIL Big-Data WIFI Both Point-to-Point & Point-to-Multipoint Wireless Technologies Virtualization Automation HIGHLY EXPERIENCED WRITER OF TECHNICAL & BUSINESS DOCUMENTS Financial Documents Legal Documents Application/Software Manuals Marketing Collateral Executive Proposals “onboarding” documents Initial Contract Proposals initial assessment reports Statement of Work/Scope of Work Architecture Maps Strategic Technology Road Maps Analysis Reports Training Manuals Policy and Procedural Documents Data-Center Run Books I also write for numerous magazines (Hadoop Magazine, IBM Development Network, etc.), global newsletters (Atheneum-Partners, Compass Solutions, etc.) and many Blog Articles here at my consulting company blog site: Cloud Consulting International In the area of Network Operations I have written many PCI & Sox analysis reports, Security Audit Reports for Symantec, VISA & MC and developed hundreds of policy papers such as: Cloud Technology Speaker, Blogger and Analyst Change Management Policy and Procedures Crisis management Policy and Procedures Escalation Policy and Procedures Troubleshooting Best Practices and Policy Security Policy and Procedures both Physical and Data including Quantum Encryption & Biometrics DevOps, Release Engineering and Test Automation Articles and White Papers EXPERTCONNECT (www.expertconnect.com)– Virtual Company ADVISOR & INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT - CLOUD, DATA-CENTER, DEVOPS & EMERGING TECHNOLOGY SME I advise Investment Firms, VC's, Global Research Firms, Fortune 500 Executive Teams, Startup Executive Teams, Marketing Firms and many others in the specific areas of technology where I am considered a Subject Matter Expert (SME) such as: Cloud Computing (All Aspects), Data-Center Infrastructures (All Aspects from Cage Build-outs to Tier III Greenfield), Data Security, Physical Security, Compliance, Virtualization, Automation, Robotics, Nanotechnology, Wearable Technology, Biotechnology, SDN, NFV, BYOD, Hyper-convergence data phenomenon and looming crisis, Cloud Crisis, Cloud Security & Compliance Issues, 3D Printing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Lean methodology, Agile methodology, Network Operations, Release Engineering, DevOps, Open Source Technology, Linux, Data-Center Automation, Capacity Planning, Business Continuity (BC), Disaster Recovery (DR), Next Generation Firewall tech (NGFW), Next Generation Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems/Prevention (NGIDS/NGIPS), and many others...
- 5. MAY 2015-JUNE 15 NOV 14 - PRESENT JAN 15 – APRIL 15 OCT 13 - PRESENT APRIL 14-PRESENT Oxford Global Resources (www.oxfordcorp.com) – MA INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT - EMERGING TECHNOLOGY, CLOUD, DEVOPS, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE SME Short-Term Contract to assist one of the top 5 globally and Canada's largest Data-at-Rest (DAR) Storage Security Company through the development of an Executive Strategic Cloud Technology Roadmap a step-by-step 1-3 year guide to transform their business model from a traditional Enterprise IT Software Product Vendor to a Software as a Service solutions model in order to facilitate both their existing clients cloud storage DAR security needs and take advantage of the absolutely massive Cloud market growth and the increase specifically in the SaaS market annually which looks to be the overall winner and I predict will surpass all cloud models by the end of 2016. Fast Lane Consulting & Education Services, Inc. (www.fastlaneus.com)– Global Company EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES SME, EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT, CONTENT DEVELOPER & TRAINER Contracted to assist with advising the company on cutting-edge emerging technologies, prepare training content, boot camp style webinars & advising client executive teams on those technologies and how best to utilize them within their organizations. I will also advise on education & training of customer employees and partners and assist with unique ways for them to stay ahead of the curve and abreast of these fast-moving emerging trends so they can take full advantage of the many exciting new sales & business channel opportunities they are creating. Currently advising on a Devops Boot-Camp & Training Curriculum to teach both their own and partner SE teams on the new “Devops” opportunities for one of the largest fortune 100 technology clients as well as advising on another project involving the new “IoT” market hype. Existing Clients Include Cisco, EMC, NetApp, VMware, etc. F5 Networks (www.f5.com) – San Francisco, CA & Seattle WA CLOUD DATA-CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE SME Assisting as a SME Consultant with the build-out of F5 Cloud Customers from Concept to Production: Assessment, POC, Hardware & Software selection, Architecture, Capacity Planning, DR, Virtualization, Automation, Security, Business Continuity, Load Balancing, SDN, etc.. As a senior Cloud SME I help with all aspects from cage & power layouts to selection of cable management systems to selection of data-center automation solutions to formulating security policy and procedures and even helping build complete Cloud Operations Departments from scratch when needed.. Packt Publishing (www.packtpub.com) – London, UK & Delhi, India SR. TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT/AUTHOR Authoring technical books for Packt on disruptive technology such as Cloud Computing, Mobile, Wearable Tech, Nanotechnology, SDN, BYOD, Virtualizaion, Data-Center Automation, DR, Data Security & all Cutting-edge Disruptive Future Trends in Technology. Openstack Cookbook Authoring a 350 page book on Openstack Private/Hybrid Cloud Framework Administration. Developed Multiple Book Outline Drafts Authored entire book content of 350 pages working with Packt’s professional editors and a primary PM Consulting on multiple additional book ideas and assist with overall understanding of technology trends METRICSTREAM (www.metricstream.com) – Palo Alto, CA USA, UK, & India SR. TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT/CLOUD SECURITY & COMPLIANCE SME Authoring & Presenting technical Webinars specifically addressing the MetricStream Solution within the Cloud and Data- Center Infrastructure environments. I also act as a Sales SE as needed on large Cloud sales opportunities and as an Evangelist for the MetricStream product. Author & Presenter of online Webinars. Author of Security & Compliance Whitepapers Assisted large Credit Union Customer “CUNA” with 3 month Cloud Security & Compliance & Governance (GRC+) solution for dealing with the current CSP solutions Consulting on multiple additional Sales deals As needed SME resource to the internal MetricStream exec team
- 6. JAN 14 - PRESENT JAN 14 – JULY 14 ERROR! HYPERLINK REFERENCE NOT VALID. (www.synapsesynergygroup.com) – Silicon Valley/Florida/NY FOUNDER & CTO SYNAPSE SYNERGY GROUP, INC. is a Unique, Global “Virtual Think-Tank|Incubator|Accelerator” headquartered in Silicon Valley and located at the intersection of technology, opportunity and firing synapses. We are 100% dedicated to utilizing only cutting-edge technology. We are a globally diverse company founded on the principles that business should be focused on People rather than Money, Love rather than Politics and building Bridges instead of Walls. The fact is that truly innovative, sustained growth companies with huge customer loyalty (Netscape, Virgin, Google, Amazon) came from passionate, happy, loyal employees to which our corporate motto speaks “Happiness & Gratitude is the New Prosperity” Came up with the original idea and hired my co-founder to assist with building the team. Helping to develop the business model from scratch, developing mergers and partnerships, brainstorming sessions and unique corporate culture model. . As a Unique ”Virtual Think-Tank/Incubator/Accelerator” based on collaboration by some of the greatest thinkers of our century, combined with the design and build-out of the largest privately owned laboratory in the world in multiple locations comprising departments focused on the cutting-edge disruptive technology of the future such as: Cloud Technology o SDN o Data-Center Infrastructures o Virtualization o Capacity Planning o Disaster Recovery o Reliability Nanotechnology 3D Printing Robotics Artificial-Intelligence/Machine-Learning Biotechnology Genomics Chemistry Physics Mathematics Cryptology o Electronic Currency o Data Security Chip Design Hardware Design Mobile technology o BYOD Sensor Based Technology o Wearables o Transportation Virtual Reality o Holograms o 3D & 4D Stereoscopic Projection Beacon Technology Optics Data Transmission And more… REDMORPH.ORG & REDMORPH.COM, Pittsburg PA. TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR Assisting the company CEO and team with the technology vision, expertise and advice as well as helping with strategic technology partnerships for this early stage stealth-mode incubator startup. Strategic Technology Vision: As the Chief Technologist which, from a strategic cutting-edge technology standpoint will assist the CEO with my vision for the future of 4D Healthware from a technological standpoint for example developing a 3-5 year technology roadmap for the company and staying on-top of and advising the executive team and board of directors on opportunities and technology breakthroughs New Ideas: As an inventor and "idea guy" to assist the CEO by brainstorming new ideas, sales channels and partnerships from which 4D Healthware might be able to benefit Infrastructure: As an Cloud & Data-Center Infrastructure SME (Subject Matter Expert) making sure the infrastructure is being built on a solid operational foundation, building in proper capacity planning in order to assure the entire infrastructure will be capable of meeting and exceeding the future potential growth of the business through proper design, automation, virtualization, private, hybrid and public cloud integration, big-data analytics, quantum computing, clustering, etc.
- 7. NOV 13 – NOV 14 FEB 14 - PRESENT MAY 13 - OCT 13 JAN 13 - PRESENT MAY 12 – MAY 13 Security & Compliance: As a healthcare based software company our focus is on guaranteeing the absolutely best protection of our customers privacy and information integrity through extremely robust security & compliance policy and practices based on industry best standards and even beyond Strategic Technology Partnerships: With all my varied and strategic advisory roles I have many strategic technology interests which I leverage to try to bring about strategic partnerships primarily in technology and infrastructure however, many times it may be marketing, sales, inventory or any number of strategic relationships which I can assist a startup with HADOOPMAG.COM Ukraine AUTHOR OF THE NEW CLOUD TECHNOLOGY COLUMN Author of the "Cloud Technology" Column for Hadoop Magazine http://hadoopmag.com/ 4DHEALTHWARE.COM Chicago, Illinois INTERIM CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER – CTO Currently I’ve agreed to join the team on a part-time advisory role as their interim CTO until they reach funding. Currently in “pre-funding” stage I will be assisting the startup with obtaining the funding they require at which time we will re-negotiate my role if it is something I decide to join full-time or not. 4Dhealthware is basically a startup targeting the healthcare/medical-device arena. Currently a lot of the development work is being performed in secret however, I can say we touch on Big-Data Analytics, AI & Quantum Computing as well as BYOD, Big Pharma, Wearable Technology, Medical- Device Technology, Robotics & Nanotechnology My Role is multidimensional although, as in any startup one had better be prepared to wear every hat in the company as needed: Strategic Technology Vision: As the Chief Technologist which, from a strategic cutting-edge technology standpoint will assist the CEO with my vision for the future of 4D Healthware from a technological standpoint for example developing a 3-5 year technology roadmap for the company and staying on-top of and advising the executive team and board of directors on opportunities and technology breakthroughs New Ideas: As an inventor and "idea guy" to assist the CEO by brainstorming new ideas, sales channels and partnerships from which 4D Healthware might be able to benefit Infrastructure: As an Cloud & Data-Center Infrastructure SME (Subject Matter Expert) making sure the infrastructure is being built on a solid operational foundation, building in proper capacity planning in order to assure the entire infrastructure will be capable of meeting and exceeding the future potential growth of the business through proper design, automation, virtualization, private, hybrid and public cloud integration, big-data analytics, quantum computing, clustering, etc. Security & Compliance: As a healthcare based software company our focus is on guaranteeing the absolutely best protection of our customers privacy and information integrity through extremely robust security & compliance policy and practices based on industry best standards and even beyond Strategic Technology Partnerships: With all my varied and strategic advisory roles I have many strategic technology interests which I leverage to try to bring about strategic partnerships primarily in technology and infrastructure however, many times it may be marketing, sales, inventory or any number of strategic relationships which I can assist a startup with BRAINBENCH.COM http://www.t3dpinc.com/ SR CLOUD CURRICULUM AUTHOR - OPENSTACK CLOUD CERTIFICATION Hired on a consultancy basis as the lead and actually the only Cloud SME (Subject Matter Expert) tasked with developing their brand new Openstack Cloud Certification Test from scratch. Authored the complete Brainbench Openstack Certification Course Outline, Job Task List & close to 200 Cloud Test Questions as part of their on-going Cloud Certification Curriculum. ATHENEUM-PARTNERS.COM http://www.t3dpinc.com/ – Berlin, Germany SR. TECHNICAL EXPERT - CLOUD & TECHNOLOGY As the Technical Expert for Atheneum Partners I write opinion pieces on technology and the cloud for the global newsletter as well as consult on technical matters for clients world-wide COMPASS SOLUTIONS, LLC. – Washington, DC SR. CLOUD TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT Helping to develop the Cloud Consulting business strategy while delivering “hands-on” consulting on all their current “Cloud” and Tier III Data-Center build-outs.
- 8. MAY 12 – MAY 13 MAY 12 - PRESENT OCT 10 – MAY 12 Hands-on Implementation of Cloud Solutions from security & compliance initiatives to complete cloud platform installations and configurations such as “CloudStack” (Both the Citrix version and the new Apache Top-Level released open-source version),” Openstack” (both the Rackspace implementation and the Apache Open-Source framework versions), “Eucalyptus”, “OpenNebula”, etc. to specific technologies such as the Google SOA design of the application infrastructure Team Building, Department Organization, Establishment of Policies & Procedures Business Analysis: my primary role was to be out front seeking partnerships, customers, synergistic relationships, funding and stay on top of ongoing technology trends associated with the business T3DP, INC. – Scottsdale, Arizona. FOUNDER/CTO & ADVISOR Stealth Mode Startup and not free to discuss what I do there in detail however I advise on security, compliance and cloud infrastructure just to name two of my roles. The company is based in Arizona in Florida. Project Management of various technical projects having to do with global cloud manufacturing, compliance & security concerns SOA design of the application infrastructure Team Building, Department Organization, Establishment of Policies & Procedures Business Analysis: my primary role was to be out front seeking partnerships, customers, synergistic relationships, funding and stay on top of ongoing technology trends associated with the business I am currently in an advisory capacity only. CLOUD CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL – Tucson, AZ FOUNDER & CHIEF CLOUD ARCHITECT CONSULTANT I perform consulting work primarily on diverse and unique cloud solution projects. Working with Client Executives & Department Heads as well as individual contributors, Cloud Technology Solutions Analysts and Architects as well as Sr. Linux Administrators, Software Programmers, Software Development Teams & DBA’s on an as needed basis. I am considered by many to be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Cloud, Data-Center & Distributed, High-Transaction (ability to architect the movement of 1PB of Data in one second, across the globe for example) SaaS Infrastructures & Operations (both Network & Development aka “Netops” & “Devops”). The company performs cloud and data-center analysis, design and build-outs globally. I am typically get called in to manage the more complex and challenging projects. Specializing in the Following Technology Consultation Services: Initial needs assessments, cost/benefit analysis, Scope Of Work (SOW) and Proof of Concepts (POC) while establishing client “on-boarding” & owner “buy-in” and then developing overall project proposal outline and ultimately the 3-5 year strategic cloud technology roadmap Initial Analysis of current Infrastructure, Operational Processes & Procedures Complete Design and Build-out of any data-center and/or cloud solutions (complete from scratch as well as upgrades, integrations, consolidations & migrations) Hands-on Build-out & Configuration of complete data infrastructures, servers, security, operations etc. One-Off projects in the areas of “Devops”, “Automation”, “Virtualization”, “Server Config Management”, “Software Release Management”, “Security”, “DR & Business Continuity”, “Storage”, “Hybrid & Public Cloud Integrations”, “Application Performance Tuning”, “Distributed Networking”, etc Primary Vendors: MongoDB, Hadoop, Chef/Puppet/CFEngine, Eucalyptus, Oracle, Cassandra, Tomcat, Redhat/Ubuntu/SUSE/Solaris, Jboss, Akamai, VCE, BMC, Citrix, F5, Cisco, Vmware, Dell, Radware, Netapp, Juniper, Hitachi, EMC, CloudStack, Openstack, Eucalyptus, OpenNebula, Nagios, Vormetric 5STAR CONSULTING, LLC – SCOTTSDALE, AZ Chief Cloud Solutions Architect Selected to Architect the Design and Development of a new Cloud Data Center Initiative in Los Angeles, CA.. The infrastructure was in support of a globally distributed, SaaS & Cloud data-center platform to enable the real-time distribution of massive amounts of data (20pb per hour and up to 1pb per minute) for the entertainment industry, and included both audio and video data, spanning multiple locations, multiple remote development teams, and multiple data centers around the globe. Performed Six Step Analysis & Design of the complete project Developed Implementation Plan based upon initial needs assessment, C/B Analysis, SOW, R&D, POC Responsible for all hardware and software selection, POC’s, evaluation process, vendor contracts & partnership management Designed Network Infrastructure utilizing Cisco, EMC, BMC CLM, F5 LTM & vSwitch, Dell, Oracle RAC, Oracle MySQL Cluster, Puppet, Chef & Bcfg2, RedHat Enterprise, Juniper and VMware as the primary Hardware & Software vendors of choice Developed all Operational Processes and Procedures i.e., Change Mgmt., Trouble Ticketing, ITIL, Reports Dashboard, Log Server Analysis, Server Configuration Management, Inventory Management, Etc. Developed Ops Departments including both “NetOps” & “DevOps” and designed the SOA Architecture along with Release Team & Test Automation processes and procedures Designed Swat Team, Crisis Management, 24x7x365 Pager Duty & Escalation Processes & Procedures
- 9. AUG 08 - OCT 10 OCT 06 – MAY 08 MARCH04-OCT 06 Designed on/off site Data Replication, DR, High-Availability & Business Continuity solution Designed a complete Cross-Training and Mentoring System Program Designed Secondary NOC to monitor all 12 global data-centers, staffed and trained all NOC admins Wrote complete Run Book & Training Manuals WSSI, LLC – LAS VEGAS, NV Founder & CTO I spent 2 Years Developing and Marketing a Patented invention entitled “Wood Stabilization & Impregnation System” which was the first of its kind in the world and was very successful. We had the largest Violin Manufacturer in India who had need of multiple systems, a number of knife manufacturers in the US and our market was global in nature with Companies from Germany, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, UK, France, Canada and all across the US inquiring about and purchasing our systems. Spent one year in R&D Designing and Developing the System and one year marketing it Performed all Wesbite design and SEO functions making our website the #1 - #3 link for all major keywords within our targeted markets Discovered and then Developed over 20 Market Verticals to sell our product into Handled all Sales and Support Managed all manufacturing and Shipping and Receiving Was in charge of all Internet Marketing Developed complete Business Plan and Financial Forecast Managed all Business Partnerships Developed Strategic Business Road-Map based on a three year and five year plan Handled all Legal Filings and Incorporation documents and Patents ILOOP MOBILE- SEATTLE, WA. DIRECTOR, NETWORK OPERATIONS I was directly recruited from SCEA as a “Hands-On’ “Director of Network Operations” (Building and Managing all three “NetOps”, ” DevOps” & “ITOps” Departments from scratch) to build a world-class 24x7x365 ASP/SaaS/IaaS/Cloud infrastructure to support the roll-out of a brand new Mobile Marketing Software Platform world-wide. My responsibilities included Designing & Developing the Network Operations Department from scratch. As the only member of the devops team for the first 6 months I did everything myself, including virtualization and cloud computing solutions and managing the design and build-out of multiple Data-Centers located around the globe. I performed a ton of Project Management roles working with a number of diverse teams to obtain consensus, departmental needs and requirements and implement ongoing technical improvement project across the company in multiple locations around the globe. The position was responsible for the ASP/SaaS Java/Tomcat Application Architecture Design, Corporate IT Infrastructure, Software Development Environment and complete Network Operations design, implementation and management. Secondary, as the only direct report to the CEO I also helped facilitate the overall corporate strategic technology roadmap and vision. Responsibilities & achievements included: Project Managed the research and then the Implementation of “Levanta” the first ever data-center automation & high-availability cloud based solution into the network to facilitate complete Data-Center Automation, HA, Configuration Management & DR Designed Corporate IT, Engineering and ASP/SaaS/Cloud infrastructures spanning multiple continents Responsible for all Scalability & Reliability aspects of the network including all performance testing Responsible for developing the complete network operational processes, procedures and policies Venders utilized - F5, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Dell, EMC, Oracle, SUSE, RedHat, Symantec, Levanta data-center automation/virtualization and high-availability solution, Netgear, Coverity, IPSwitch, Radview, Asterisk, Trend Micro, SugarCRM Inc., Enterprise Datasafe Ltd, Novel, Rackable, Rackspace, SAVVIS, EMC, NetApp, VMware vCloud, vSphere & vFabric Cloud Platform, apache Cassandra Developed all Application Deployment Policies & Procedures and Managed all ASP/SaaS Software Releases Consulted on all aspects of Software Development strategies from the Strategic Technology Perspective including C/B Analysis. Needs Assessments, POC’s. R&D of new technologies, strategic technology roadmap development Improved Performance of the ASP/SaaS model by over 500% with complete architecture redesign Implemented new data-center virtualization and automation solutions reducing wasted CPU cycles, increased server density and efficiency and improving overall performance while reducing IT costs Installed new automated software and patch management solution across all data-centers Successfully facilitated over 3 million txt messages per second throughput as per initial requirements Successfully passed PCI, SOX, Symantec, VISA & MasterCard Security Audits as per customer requirements Managed all Vendor relationships, negotiations and OEM agreements Designed and built the NOC & Call Center in order to monitor and assess the 99.99% uptime requirement SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA - SCEA , FOSTER CITY, CA PS3 Online - Data-Center Operations Project Manager I was contracted and then hired full-time to manage the design and build-out of the new 24x7x365 PlayStation3 Online Gaming Data-Center from the initial needs and requirements assessments through to the final deliverable of a live
- 10. JUNE99-MARCH04 DEC 94 - MAY 99 production environment prior to the PS3 Console release date in 18 months. The scope of the project consisted of multiple data-centers & multiple engineering teams developing in a java/tomcat environment. As part of my overall responsibility, the infrastructure was required to successfully pass both PCI & SOX compliance audits as well as a Symantec Security audit. The task was accomplished within the 18 month time-frame initially given. My responsibilities included everything from obtaining the initial needs assessment, Scope of Work (SOW) and designing the overall project plan from scratch and bringing the complete data-center from concept to finished production readiness and included obtaining consensus and buyoff from numerous executives, departments, teams and individual contributors. Analyzed & developed Initial Needs Assessments, C/B Analysis, SOW & Strategic Technology Plans through comprehensive dialogue with all stake-holders Liaison and Project Manage meetings with the various stake-holder groups & departments to meet goal of 100% Customer Satisfaction Designed complete Cage Layout, Network Architecture, Security Architecture, Data Integrity (Replication/Storage/Disaster Recovery) Architecture, Operational Application Infrastructure and Docs Developed network & application operational performance metrics First Company to certify RHEL & Oracle RAC working together. I convinced both companies (RedHat and Oracle) to develop the drivers and to use our project to perform the certification. Managed all Vendor selection and contract negotiations Vendors of choice: Cisco, EMC, Brocade, vmware, Dell, Sun, F5, Cyclades, Juniper, Oracle, RHEL (RedHat) Developed Reports Dashboard solution based on initial needs assessment and requirement for an “easy to understand & comprehensive reporting solution” Designed and implemented 24x7x365 NOC & Call Center infrastructure to monitor for 99.99% uptime Passed both PCI and SOX compliance audits Developed all change management, configuration management and data-center automation solutions Developed all release engineering processes and procedures Facilitated both SUD (PS3 Startup Disk) and Online Store Sales software platforms running on Java and the Tomcat application server. Responsible for all Scalability & Reliability aspects of the network including all performance testing DSL DESIGNS, INC., LOS GATOS, CA Founder & Chief Technology Officer After leaving Netscape Communication Corp I Co-founded a broadband ISP in downtown Los Gatos California. The business model was designed to take advantage of the exciting new broadband capabilities of DSL and Wireless. I was directly responsible for designing and building-out a completely new fiber optic Data Center/NOC and Call Center, with multiple OC12/OC48 connections with fixed point-to-point and point-to-multi-point wireless, and multiple satellite backbones. Sold to larger ISP Installed all Operational and Application Infrastructure needed for complete 24x7x365 Data Center Researched, designed, purchased, installed and maintained an OC12 & OC48 network, consisting of multiple redundant Cisco Routers, Switches, Mail, Web, Commerce, Directory, News, DNS and Caching Servers and equipment to maintain over 2000 wired & wireless Broadband subscribers. Researched, Designed, & Implemented state-of-the-art NOC & Call Center. Designed Multi Redundant, Multi-Homed, Multi-Tiered Backbone infrastructure running on Cisco 7206VXR Routers utilizing BGP Built from the ground up a completely new Data Center & Help Desk Departments with Multiple OC12 & OC48 Fiber backbone connectivity Managed all Strategic Technology Research & Development Supported sales and technical support departments in all aspects of the business Implemented all ITIL Strategies, Policies & Procedures Implemented & Managed all Change Control Policies & Procedures Managed 24x7x365 with 99.99% Uptime SLA & 100% Customer Satisfaction NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORP/AOL, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA Manager - Worldwide Support Operations My duties consisted of determining the operational needs of the department, researching and developing the processes and procedures to solve those needs in order to increase productivity and customer satisfaction. This involved the Project Management of extremely large and complex issues and included researching new technologies and software, vendor management, technology evaluation, problem solving skills and techniques. Working with varied and diverse business units world-wide to ensure that all needs were met. If the need was to be met through in-house development, then I would be responsible for the complete project management from beginning to end. I took the severance package offered when management sold out to AOL Developed strategy to reduce support costs by a total of over 23 million annually Drove all aspects of process development from recognizing initial need, researching, evaluating, and designing, resource allocation, developing and managing teams to project completion. Attended Agile & Scrum Developer Meetings on a regular basis
- 11. Liaison and co-ordination with engineering, IT, sales, support, and marketing for project completion. Designed and implemented the very successful Netscape Champions program as well as the Netscape User Groups “NUGgies”. The “Champions” were a volunteer group who evaluated and provided feedback for all new software releases, greatly enhancing our product and increasing customer satisfaction. The idea and group I created from it, is still alive today over 17 years later, as the “Mozilla Champions” Managed various simultaneous projects critical to the Operations of the company Tasked with Discovery of new technologies, evaluating, testing and implementing them as needed to improve support operations Annually received Above and Beyond award for my work as well as yearly stock and cash bonus due to outstanding peer reviews and completion of projects. Helped evaluate and implement customer call tracking system, internal help site, external http://help.netscape.com site, and automated email response program Liaison with DB and software programming groups to implement key infrastructure improvements 1989 – 1994 DIGITAL CONCEPTS BBS, TUCSON, AZ 1980 – 1983 U.S. NAVY, LONG BEACH CA. Speaking Engagements BIG DATA @ FACEBOOK - JUNE 2012 – ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF CLOUD TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS INVITED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN FACEBOOK’S “BIG DATA” PRIVATE CONFERENCE CLOUD CON/EXPO 2012 – /CLOUD, MARKETING HYPE VS REALITY AND ITS NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE MARKET o THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES OF THE PUBLIC VS THE PRIVATE CLOUD AND WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOU? Certifications MPM ® – CERTIFIED MASTER PROJECT MANAGER - AAPM® CIPM ® - CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGER – AAPM® NETWORK SECURITY – BRAINBENCH SAN - STORAGE AREA NETWORK CONCEPTS – BRAINBENCH SA – SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE – BRAINBENCH ITM - IT MANAGEMENT – BRAINBENCH MITT – MASTERS CERTIFICATE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TERMINOLOGY – BRAINBENCH SCM - SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATIONS IN MANAGEMENT – NETSCAPE LTM - LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR MANAGEMENT – NETSCAPE LCP - LINUX CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL – BRAINBENCH ARCHITECTING WITH THE CLOUD: STRATEGY & PLANNING – ZAPTHINK (IN PROCESS) CLOUD SECURITY FUNDAMENTALS – ZAPTHINK (IN PROCESS) DISASTER RECOVERY AND PLANNING – BRAINBENCH AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT – NETSCAPE NETSCAPE & IPLANET MAIL SERVER – WINDOWS & UNIX/LINUX NETSCAPE & IPLANET NEWS SERVER – WINDOWS & UNIX/LINUX NETSCAPE & IPLANET WEB SERVER – WINDOWS & UNIX/LINUX NETSCAPE & IPLANET PORTAL SERVER – WINDOWS & UNIX/LINUX NETSCAPE & IPLANET DIRECTORY SERVER – WINDOWS & UNIX/LINUX NETSCAPE & IPLANET CERTIFICATE SERVER – WINDOWS & UNIX/LINUX Awards ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD – NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION o FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF MULTIPLE COST SAVING PROJECTS WHICH ULTIMATELY SAVED THE COMPANY APPROXIMATELY 12 MILLION IN ANNUAL SUPPORT COSTS OVERALL PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA (SCEA) o FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION UNDER EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TIME CONSTRAINTS WHILE ALSO NEGOTIATING BOTH PCI & SOX COMPLIANCE AUDITS OF THE PS3 ONLINE GAME DATA-CENTER AWARDED A 20% PERFORMANCE BONUS - AT ILOOP MOBILE, INC. o FOR THE TIMELY AND PROFESSIONAL COMPLETION OF BOTH THE SAAS DATA-CENTER AND THE CORPORATE IT DEPARTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS MULTIPLE CONTINENTS IN UNDER 18 MONTHS. Experienced in the following Software Technologies & Protocols: CISCO IOS, NS-OX & CatOS, FcoE, VNlink, OTV, VDC, FabricPath & Multi-Path Ethernet VIRTUALIZATION & CLOUD TECHNOLOGY - SOFTWARE & HARDWARE MongoDB, Hadoop, Cassandra, EMC Block Storage Virtualization, EMC Invista, vmware vSphere 4.0 & 5.0, vCenter Server, vCenter Site Recovery Manager, VMware View, vCenter AppSpeed, vCloud Director, vCloud Chargeback Cisco Nexxus 1000V, VNlink, OTV (Overlay Transport Virtualization), VDC (Virtual Data Centers), FabricPath, Multi- Path Ethernet, F5 BIG-IP LTM VE (Virtual Edition), F5 BIG-IP Optimization Module (WOM), F5 ARX File Virtualization Solution, VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk Format), Hypervisor 1 & 2, MongoDB (Sharding), Scala, Redis,
- 12. PLAY, GEO-Replication (JumpMind SymmetricDS, Infonics, Cassandra), Vertica, ADC (Application Delivery Controllers such as Brocade, F5, Kemp, Array Networks, etc…) VCE (Virtual Computing Environment CO. a virtualization & cloud development partnership of Cisco, vmware and EMC), BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management, OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Framework, OpenNebula Cloud Infrastructure Framework, Eucalyptus Cloud Infrastructure Framework & Hadoop, Apache CloudStack, Netscaler CloudPlatform & CloudPortal HIGH-AVAILABILITY, BUSINESS CONTINUITY, BACKUP & DATA REPLICATION F5 BIG-IP, EMC RepliStor/RecoverPoint & Mirrorview, MongoDB, Hadoop, Cassandra, EMC Block Storage Virtualization, EMC Replication Manager, EMC Invista SAN Virtualization, Compellent GEO Replication – Storage Virtualization, Thin Replication, Portable Volume, Scalable Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Arkeia Network Backup & Server Backup, Veritas Backup Exec & NetBackup, Amanda, fTape, kDat, CPIO, dbackup, fsbackup, Rsync, hdimage, NetVault/BakBone, dumpfs, fdiff-backup, EMC Point-In-Time Recoverym, Mysql Cluster 7.2 UNIX/LINUX OPERATING SYSTEMS Solaris, Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS, SUSE, Ubuntu STORAGE/DISC MANAGEMENT VERITAS, EMC Block Storage Virtualization, EMC Replication Manager, EMC Invista SAN Virtualization, EMC Navisphere & Vsphere, Naviagent, Navicli, NIS, NFS, EMC Ionix & Unified Infrastructure Manager, Hitachi Command Suite & ShadowImage Data Management and Replication, HP StorageWorks & StoreOnce deduplication software, HP Array Manager, HP System Copy, ANTI-VIRUS/ANTI- SPYWARE/ANTI-SPAM Grisoft AVG Network Virus Protection, Symantec, Trend Micro, Clam, Spam Assassin, Spyware Guard, Sbybot Search & Destroy SECURITY - FIREWALLS, IDS, IPS, UTM (UNIFIED THREAT MANAGEMENT) PASSWORD MANAGEMENT & ENCRYPTION BlackIce, NetworkIce, GNATBox, IPTables, Cisco PIX, Juniper, WatchGuard, SonicWall, Check Point, Cisco ASA 5500, Enterprise PasswordSafe, Cisco Virtual Security Gateway (VSG), TippingPoint, Sonicwall, Fortinet, Watchguard, H3C SecCenter, Open Source suite of security tools for Linux, Snort, Snare, WireShark NETWORK MONITORING/REPORTING/MANAGEMENT CiscoWorks Cisco Data Center Network Manager, Cisco NetManager IP Infrastructure Monitor, GLPI, WhatsUp Gold & Professional, Nagios, Cacti, PasswordSafe, EgroupWare, MRTG, IRM (Information Resource Manager), ClusterSSH, OCS Inventory Management, Lore Knowledgebase, IPPLAN, Kbox, Levanta SERVER CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT & DATA-CENTER & CLOUD AUTOMATION CFEngine/subversion, Chef/Opscode, Puppet, Kbox, Acronis Disk Imaging, Levanta Server Deployment Automation Appliance, GLPI, BMC Bladelogic & CLM, Splunk, Smartfrog, Bcfg2, Ubersmith, Adobe Experience Manager, Netapp, Vmware PATCH & SERVER CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT & DISTRIBUTION cFengine, Kbox Management Appliance, EMC Ionix Server Appliance, BMC Atrium Products JAVA DEVELOPMENT & JAVA APPLICATION SERVERS Coverity Prevent SQS for Java, Apache Tomcat Application Server, Oracle WebLogic 11g Java Application Server, vmware vFabric tc Server, Websphere, JBoss, Glassfish, Geronimo, Resin, JBoss, WebLogic, Elastic Memory for Java, vFabric tc Server & Hyperic/SQLFire/GemFire/RabbitMQ,Jetty,WebLogic,ColdFusion DATABASES & ENHANCED DB SOFTWARE MySQL, MySQL Cluster 7.x, PostGreSQL, Oracle “Real Application Clusters” or RAC v11G for Linux, Oracle ExaData DB Machine, EnterpriseDB (an enhanced version of postgresql), Slony (an opensource replication solution for postgresql), Bigtable, BMC Database Automation WEB, MAIL, NEWS & DNS SERVERS iPlanet, Netscape, IIS, Apache, Squirrel Mail, Exchange 2003/2007, mail, sendmail , DNSOne, Named PROTOCOLS FcoE, SMTP, IMAP, POP3, DNS, IPSEC, TCP/IP, FTP, TFTP, HTTP & HTTPS, ICMP, ARP, BGP, OSPF, RIP, IGRP, AS Numbers, Bridging, PPP, DHCP, NNTP, LDAP, IP Multicast, VOIP, VLANs, VOD, FTTH, Sync/Rsync SAN/NAS Experienced in the following Hardware: ROUTERS Cisco 7000 Series, 2000 Series, 3000 Series, ASR 1000, 9000 Series SWITCHES Cisco 6000 Series, 4000 Series, 3000 Series, 2000, Nexxus 1000 & 9000 MDS Series & Nexxus 4000 Series Blade Switches, Nexxus 2000 Series Fabric Extender Switches, Nexxus 1000V (Virtual Switch, Vmware integrated switching fabric), Netgear, Extreme Networks LOAD BALANCERS & APPLICATION DELIVERY CONTROLLERS (ADC) F5 BigIP 1600, 3600 & 6900 & VIPRION scalable blade Chassis configured with LTM, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager Virtual Edition (LTM VE), GTM, WA & ASM appliance variations, Cisco Arrow Point, Brocade ServerIron 1000 & 4000, CiTRIX Netscaler, Netscaler App Delivery Controller, Netscaler CloudConnector
- 13. CACHE SERVERS CacheFlow FIREWALLS, IDS/IPS & SECURITY Juniper Networks SSL VPN 4000 series, ISG1000 Series & Netscreen 500 & 5200 Series Firewalls & IDP 600, 800 & 8200 Series, GNAT Box, Watch Guard Firewall & VPN, Linux IPChains, Symantec, Cisco PIX Firewalls – ASA 5540, 5550, 5580-20 IPS Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco IPS 7.0, Cisco Pix 500 Series, Cisco IPS 4200 Series Appliance Cisco IOS-IPS, Advanced Inspection & Prevention Security Module, IDS Services Module, IDS Network Module, Cisco Iron Port C360 Email Security Appliance, Trend Micro SMB Security Suite, Snort, OSSEC HIDS, SonicWall NSA (Network Security Appliance) 3500 & E7500, WatchGuard Firebox x8500 & Firebox Edge Wireless Security Appliance, F5 FirePass SSL VPN Appliance, Checkpoint IPS-1, Smart-1 Appliance & Endpoint Security DISK & STORAGE ARRAYS EMC Symmetrix VMAX, VNX, Celerra and CLARiiON , Sun Fiber Channel Arrays, Sun T3, Sun D1000, Dell, HP Infortrend Disk Array & RaidWatch Disk Array Management System, NetApp, Hitachi AMS 2000 Series, Hitachi NAS/USP/VSP & HCP Series Storage Solutions, HP D2 & EVA/MSA Series arrays, X1000 NAS SERVERS Sun Fire V480, Sun E450, Netra, E420R, Sun Ultra, Dell 1900, Dell 2900 series servers, Dell Power Edge M1000 Blade Server and 800 series blades & Dell 1850/2850, Cisco B200M2 & B250M2, SGI, HP TAPE BACKUP DLT Drives, IBM Altria-TD1 Drive WIRELESS SOLUTIONS Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint as well as Line of Site and Non-Line of Sight, Wireless Access Points & Bridges, Wireless Grid networks, Netgear, Cisco, Zyxel, Trendnet CONSOLE SERVERS Cyclades, Cisco VIDEO-ON-DEMAND SGI, World Wide Packets, Minerva Networks, iMagicTV SERVER AUTOMATION, REPLICATION, DEPLOYMENT, APPLICATION & PATCH MANAGEMENT APPLIANCES Levanta Appliance, EMC Ionix Appliance, Kbox Appliance, BMC Data Center Automation, BMC Change Management, BMC BladeLogic Automation Suite Appliance