Twelfth Stop, San Jose!
San Jose, officially San José, is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. San Jose is notable as a center of innovation, for its affluence, Mediterranean climate, and extremely high cost of living. As of June 2021, the San Jose metropolitan area has the highest percentage of million-dollar (or more) homes in the United States. Its connection to the booming high tech industry phenomenon known as Silicon Valley sparked Mayor Tom McEnery to adopt for the city the motto of “Capital of Silicon Valley” in 1988. San Jose is one of the wealthiest major cities in the United States and the world, and has the third-highest GDP per capita in the world (after Zürich, Switzerland and Oslo, Norway), according to the Brookings Institution.
Week 12 Videos
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
Talking Working From Anywhere with NetApp’s Emily Miller
In this sponsored content, Emily Miller, VP of Reputation and Influencer at NetApp, talks to Keith Townsend (@ctoadvisor) about working from anywhere. NetApp has relocated their HQ to Santana Row in Silicon Valley. How did NetApp account for customers and employees in the move.
Learn More: https://ntap.com/cto-hq4
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
Understand HPE GreenLake Lighthouse w/ Chris Eidler
Chris Eidler, VP and GM of HPE GreenLake Lighthouse joins the program to discuss the HPE on-premises private cloud solution. Keith Townsends asks Eidler what is HPE GreenLake and how is it different than HPE’s other efforts.
This video is sponsored by HPE.
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
Where Should You Start Your Content Journey?
In this chin wag, Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor) got together with Jeff Frick and Vittorio Viarengo in Pescadero, CA as part of the CTO Advisor Road Trip. The trio met up in The CTO Advisor’s Airstream Flying Cloud to discuss content creation and business-to-business marketing. What technologies should you invest in before starting to share business-to-business content?
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
Where are the Future Enterprise IT Roles w/ Sarbjeet Johal
Independent analyst Sarbjeet Johal joins Keith Townsend during our Silicon Valley stop on the CTO Advisor Road Trip. Sarbjeet is a strong proponent of the public cloud. Keith wants to know if the public cloud is the future of enterprise IT, where is the puck moving for existing IT jobs? Keith and Sarbjeet zero in on the role of the DBA as an example of the transformation happening in the industry.
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
Sanjay Poonen
Keith Townsend catches up with Sanjay Poonen, former VMware COO, to talk about faith and leadership. In this deeply personal conversation, Keith learns about Sanjay’s journey to becoming COO of VMware and how he approaches leadership within Global Fortune 500 companies.
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
FalconStor Building a Managed Service Provider
In our follow-on conversation with FalconStor, Chris Cummings shares the value proposition of FalconStor for the managed service provider space. How can managed service providers leverage FalconStor’s continuous data protection features to offer remote data services such as Disaster Recovery as a Service, High Availability, Cloud Migration, and virtual tape warehousing.
This video is sponsored by Falconstor.
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
Falconstor is Still in Business – Who knew?
In this sponsored CTO Advisor Dose, as part of the CTO Advisor Road Trip, Chris Cummings of FalconStor joins the program. If you have been around the enterprise storage market as long as Keith has you may remember FalconStor as one of the first Software-Defined Storage vendors. FalconStor has shown resiliency as a company and refocused on data replication and continuous protection. Keith and Chris talk about some of the use cases.
Week 12 Videos
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
Talking Working From Anywhere with NetApp’s Emily Miller
In this sponsored content, Emily Miller, VP of Reputation and Influencer at NetApp, talks to Keith Townsend (@ctoadvisor) about working from anywhere. NetApp has relocated their HQ to Santana Row in Silicon Valley. How did NetApp account for customers and employees in the move.
Learn More: https://ntap.com/cto-hq4
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
Understand HPE GreenLake Lighthouse w/ Chris Eidler
Chris Eidler, VP and GM of HPE GreenLake Lighthouse joins the program to discuss the HPE on-premises private cloud solution. Keith Townsends asks Eidler what is HPE GreenLake and how is it different than HPE’s other efforts.
This video is sponsored by HPE.
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
Where Should You Start Your Content Journey?
In this chin wag, Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor) got together with Jeff Frick and Vittorio Viarengo in Pescadero, CA as part of the CTO Advisor Road Trip. The trio met up in The CTO Advisor’s Airstream Flying Cloud to discuss content creation and business-to-business marketing. What technologies should you invest in before starting to share business-to-business content?
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
Where are the Future Enterprise IT Roles w/ Sarbjeet Johal
Independent analyst Sarbjeet Johal joins Keith Townsend during our Silicon Valley stop on the CTO Advisor Road Trip. Sarbjeet is a strong proponent of the public cloud. Keith wants to know if the public cloud is the future of enterprise IT, where is the puck moving for existing IT jobs? Keith and Sarbjeet zero in on the role of the DBA as an example of the transformation happening in the industry.
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
Sanjay Poonen
Keith Townsend catches up with Sanjay Poonen, former VMware COO, to talk about faith and leadership. In this deeply personal conversation, Keith learns about Sanjay’s journey to becoming COO of VMware and how he approaches leadership within Global Fortune 500 companies.
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
FalconStor Building a Managed Service Provider
In our follow-on conversation with FalconStor, Chris Cummings shares the value proposition of FalconStor for the managed service provider space. How can managed service providers leverage FalconStor’s continuous data protection features to offer remote data services such as Disaster Recovery as a Service, High Availability, Cloud Migration, and virtual tape warehousing.
This video is sponsored by Falconstor.
CTO Advisor Road Trip Interview
Falconstor is Still in Business – Who knew?
In this sponsored CTO Advisor Dose, as part of the CTO Advisor Road Trip, Chris Cummings of FalconStor joins the program. If you have been around the enterprise storage market as long as Keith has you may remember FalconStor as one of the first Software-Defined Storage vendors. FalconStor has shown resiliency as a company and refocused on data replication and continuous protection. Keith and Chris talk about some of the use cases.
Travel Log
WHERE: San Jose, CA
WHEN: August 11th – 20th, 2021
HOW: The CTO Advisor Flying Cloud
From Los Angeles, CA to San Jose, CA
Travel Log
WHERE: San Jose, CA
WHEN: August 11th – 20th, 2021
HOW: The CTO Advisor Flying Cloud
From Los Angeles, CA to San Jose, CA
Travel Log
WHERE: San Jose, CA
WHEN: August 11th – 20th, 2021
HOW: The CTO Advisor Flying Cloud
From Los Angeles, CA to San Jose, CA
August 11th, 2021
We are trying to put together Happy hour for our stop here in the Valley. However, the Pandemic has put constraints on such activities at our usual watering hoses.
We are trying to put together #vBeers for our stop here in the Valley. However, the Pandemic has put constraints on such activities at our usual watering hoses. Any suggestions where we can host 20 or so folks outdoors in Northern California? #CTOARoadTrip
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 11, 2021
Great time at dinner with @jtroyer and @dailykat.@CTOAdvisor was there too. #CTOARoadtrip pic.twitter.com/JM0laUNicY
— Melissa Townsend (@MrsCto) August 13, 2021
August 12th, 2021
Melissa: Great time at dinner with John Mark and Kat Troyer! Oh and Keith was there too.
August 13th, 2021
Shooting a CTO Dose with NetApp VP of Reputation and Influence Emily Miller. NetApp’s new HQ is on Santana Row which is one of my favorite areas.
Shooting a #CTODose with @NetApp VP of Reputation and Influence @emily_s_miller. NetApp’s new HQ is on Santana Row which is one of my favorite areas. #CTOARoadTrip pic.twitter.com/cW1lEBzmNX
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 13, 2021
After hours #CTOARoadTrip pic.twitter.com/Y2aSCISnyt
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 17, 2021
August 16th, 2021
After hours.
August 17th, 2021 – First Entry
The CTOA Road trip meets HPE
The #CTOARoadtrip meets @HPE 📸: @MrsCto and @CTOAdvisor pic.twitter.com/11EULB9ama
— The CTO Advisor LLC (@thectoadvisor) August 18, 2021
We just finished interviewing Chris Eidler VP & GM of @HPE_GreenLake Lighthouse. We didn’t avoid the question of HPE’s history of on-prem private cloud #HPEInfluencer #HPEIAC #CTODose #CTOARoadtrip pic.twitter.com/F5quz20Wtx
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 17, 2021
August 17th, 2021 – Second Entry
We just finished interviewing Chris Eidler VP & GM of HPE Green Lake Lighthouse. We didn’t avoid the question of HPE’s history of on-prem private cloud.
August 17th, 2021 – Third Entry
With solid LTE, it would be a challenge to upload 50GB of raw video from CTOA Road Trip. So, Melissa and I are spending the afternoon at Starbucks leveraging Xfinity to get these files to our editors.
With solid LTE, it would be a challenge to upload 50GB of raw video from #CTOARoadTrip. So, @MrsCto and I are spending the afternoon at @Starbucks leveraging @Xfinity to get these files to our editors. pic.twitter.com/AbRJDxPiTZ
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 17, 2021
Some tough running. Why come to California to run on flat routes?
Some #CTOARoadTrip After Hours. pic.twitter.com/1Bas1xpxWX
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 19, 2021
August 18th, 2021
Some tough running. Why come to California to run on flat routes? Some CTOA Road Trip after hours views.
August 19th, 2021 – First Entry
Look who came all the way to Pescadero from the Valley to pull me a shot of Expresso! Vittorio Viarengo and Jeff Frick stopped by CTOA Flying Cloud to record some content. Vittorio has a pretty cool camper of his own. He drove it down and we took the shot in his van.
Look who came all the way to Pescadero from the Valley to pull me a shot of Expresso! @CareAndKickButt and @JeffFrick stopped by #CTOAFlyingCloud to record some content. Vittorio has a pretty cool camper of his own. He drove it down and we took the shot in his van. #CTOARoadTrip pic.twitter.com/igGcTsYZDS
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 19, 2021
We captured about 100GB of Raw video over the past week. Too much to try and upload on the road. We had to default to simply sending a USB drive with the data via UPS overnight. You can't beat the bandwidth of a station wagon full of LTO tape. #CTOARoadTrip
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 19, 2021
August 19th, 2021 – Second Entry
We captured about 100GB of Raw video over the past week. Too much to try and upload on the road. We had to default to simply sending a USB drive with the data via UPS overnight. You can’t beat the bandwidth of a station wagon full of LTO tape.
August 19th, 2021 – Third Entry
Look who stopped by for a CTO Dose on leadership and faith – VMware’s former COO and my old boss Sanjay Poonen. We went there in our conversation. Looking forward to publishing this one. Gracious and humble.
Look who stopped by for a #CTODose on leadership and faith – @VMware’s former COO and my old boss @spoonen. We went there in our conversation. Looking forward to publishing this one. Gracious and humble. #CTOARoadTrip pic.twitter.com/VKljjEuRHB
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 19, 2021
Another one of my Valley favorites @sarbjeetjohal #CTOARoadTrip pic.twitter.com/pOp2WcOtPK
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 19, 2021
August 19th, 2021
Another one of my favorite Valley friends Sarbjeet Johal.
August 20th, 2021 – First Entry
A bunch of people hanging with Melissa and me. I spy Lisa Caywood, Robert Novak, and Sarbjeet Johal.
A bunch of people hanging with @MrsCto and me. I spy @RealLisaC @gallifreyan @sarbjeetjohal #CTOARoadTrip pic.twitter.com/o3TQgrWqhX
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 20, 2021
A little mini @theCube reunion #CTOARoadTrip @LisaMartinTV @JeffFrick pic.twitter.com/1wuworZUlF
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 20, 2021
August 20th, 2021 – Second Entry
A little mini “The Cube” Reunion! With Lisa Martin, and Jeff Frick.
August 20th, 2021 – Third Entry
I promised Melissa, I’d take her for a little picture taking the last day on the coast.
I promised @MrsCto I take her for a little picture taking the last day on the coast. #ctoaroadtrip pic.twitter.com/Pgg09yFcMg
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 21, 2021
August 11th, 2021
We are trying to put together Happy hour for our stop here in the Valley. However, the Pandemic has put constraints on such activities at our usual watering hoses.
We are trying to put together #vBeers for our stop here in the Valley. However, the Pandemic has put constraints on such activities at our usual watering hoses. Any suggestions where we can host 20 or so folks outdoors in Northern California? #CTOARoadTrip
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 11, 2021
August 12th, 2021
Melissa: Great time at dinner with John Mark and Kat Troyer! Oh and Keith was there too.
Great time at dinner with @jtroyer and @dailykat.@CTOAdvisor was there too. #CTOARoadtrip pic.twitter.com/JM0laUNicY
— Melissa Townsend (@MrsCto) August 13, 2021
August 13th, 2021
Shooting a CTO Dose with NetApp VP of Reputation and Influence Emily Miller. NetApp’s new HQ is on Santana Row which is one of my favorite areas.
Shooting a #CTODose with @NetApp VP of Reputation and Influence @emily_s_miller. NetApp’s new HQ is on Santana Row which is one of my favorite areas. #CTOARoadTrip pic.twitter.com/cW1lEBzmNX
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 13, 2021
August 16th, 2021
After hours.
After hours #CTOARoadTrip pic.twitter.com/Y2aSCISnyt
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 17, 2021
August 17th, 2021 – First Entry
The CTOA Road trip meets HPE
The #CTOARoadtrip meets @HPE 📸: @MrsCto and @CTOAdvisor pic.twitter.com/11EULB9ama
— The CTO Advisor LLC (@thectoadvisor) August 18, 2021
August 17th, 2021 – Second Entry
We just finished interviewing Chris Eidler VP & GM of HPE Green Lake Lighthouse. We didn’t avoid the question of HPE’s history of on-prem private cloud.
We just finished interviewing Chris Eidler VP & GM of @HPE_GreenLake Lighthouse. We didn’t avoid the question of HPE’s history of on-prem private cloud #HPEInfluencer #HPEIAC #CTODose #CTOARoadtrip pic.twitter.com/F5quz20Wtx
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 17, 2021
August 17th, 2021 – Third Entry
With solid LTE, it would be a challenge to upload 50GB of raw video from CTOA Road Trip. So, Melissa and I are spending the afternoon at Starbucks leveraging Xfinity to get these files to our editors.
With solid LTE, it would be a challenge to upload 50GB of raw video from #CTOARoadTrip. So, @MrsCto and I are spending the afternoon at @Starbucks leveraging @Xfinity to get these files to our editors. pic.twitter.com/AbRJDxPiTZ
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 17, 2021
August 18th, 2021
Some tough running. Why come to California to run on flat routes? Some CTOA Road Trip after hours views.
Some tough running. Why come to California to run on flat routes?
Some #CTOARoadTrip After Hours. pic.twitter.com/1Bas1xpxWX
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 19, 2021
August 19th, 2021 – First Entry
Look who came all the way to Pescadero from the Valley to pull me a shot of Expresso! Vittorio Viarengo and Jeff Frick stopped by CTOA Flying Cloud to record some content. Vittorio has a pretty cool camper of his own. He drove it down and we took the shot in his van.
Look who came all the way to Pescadero from the Valley to pull me a shot of Expresso! @CareAndKickButt and @JeffFrick stopped by #CTOAFlyingCloud to record some content. Vittorio has a pretty cool camper of his own. He drove it down and we took the shot in his van. #CTOARoadTrip pic.twitter.com/igGcTsYZDS
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 19, 2021
August 19th, 2021 – Second Entry
We captured about 100GB of Raw video over the past week. Too much to try and upload on the road. We had to default to simply sending a USB drive with the data via UPS overnight. You can’t beat the bandwidth of a station wagon full of LTO tape.
We captured about 100GB of Raw video over the past week. Too much to try and upload on the road. We had to default to simply sending a USB drive with the data via UPS overnight. You can't beat the bandwidth of a station wagon full of LTO tape. #CTOARoadTrip
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 19, 2021
August 19th, 2021 – Third Entry
Look who stopped by for a CTO Dose on leadership and faith – VMware’s former COO and my old boss Sanjay Poonen. We went there in our conversation. Looking forward to publishing this one. Gracious and humble.
Look who stopped by for a #CTODose on leadership and faith – @VMware’s former COO and my old boss @spoonen. We went there in our conversation. Looking forward to publishing this one. Gracious and humble. #CTOARoadTrip pic.twitter.com/VKljjEuRHB
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 19, 2021
August 19th, 2021
Another one of my favorite Valley friends Sarbjeet Johal.
Another one of my Valley favorites @sarbjeetjohal #CTOARoadTrip pic.twitter.com/pOp2WcOtPK
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 19, 2021
August 20th, 2021 – First Entry
A bunch of people hanging with Melissa and me. I spy Lisa Caywood, Robert Novak, and Sarbjeet Johal.
A bunch of people hanging with @MrsCto and me. I spy @RealLisaC @gallifreyan @sarbjeetjohal #CTOARoadTrip pic.twitter.com/o3TQgrWqhX
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 20, 2021
August 20th, 2021 – Second Entry
A little mini “The Cube” Reunion! With Lisa Martin, and Jeff Frick.
A little mini @theCube reunion #CTOARoadTrip @LisaMartinTV @JeffFrick pic.twitter.com/1wuworZUlF
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 20, 2021
August 20th, 2021 – Third Entry
I promised Melissa, I’d take her for a little picture taking the last day on the coast.
I promised @MrsCto I take her for a little picture taking the last day on the coast. #ctoaroadtrip pic.twitter.com/Pgg09yFcMg
— Keith Townsend #VMwareExplore #CTOARoadTrip (@CTOAdvisor) August 21, 2021
