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Welcome to the Dell EMC Converged Platforms and Solution’s Division Ask the Experts conversation.

This conversation thread will address one of IT’s most dreaded and riskiest jobs: upgrading and patching infrastructure with new firmware and hypervisor releases.

How much do you hate doing it? What’s your best practice to save time? What can you do to ensure compatibility to avoid outages?

Chat with ESG Lab experts, who recently benchmarked upgrading converged systems versus traditional, siloed data center infrastructure.

Learn how Dell EMC converged systems and software improves infrastructure upgrade and patch experience on our VCE Vision Intelligent Operations Software page.

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This debate kicks off with a short, benchmark test video - backed by downloadable lab documentation of the benchmark tests.

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Meet Your Experts:

	Vice President, ESG Lab Brian Garrett is the Vice President of ESG Lab, providing independent, hands-on validations and analyses of emerging technologies in the server, storage, data management, and information security industries. Throughout his career, Brian has created and managed world-class embedded development, performance measurement, and test organizations at companies including EMC, SEPATON, and Formation. Prior to joining ESG, Brian was the co-founder and CTO of I/O Integrity. Brian holds a degree in pure mathematics from Rutgers University, and he has been awarded nine patents.
	Senior Lab Analyst Mike currently works at ESG as a Senior Lab Analyst where he conducts independent, hands-on technical and economic validations and analyses of emerging enterprise IT hardware and software products. Prior to joining ESG, Mike worked for more than five years as a senior performance engineer in the unified storage division of EMC Corporation, focusing on characterizing and analyzing new product performance.
	Senior Director, Dell EMC CPSD Scott is Senior Director of Platform Engineering in the Converged Platforms and Solutions division of Dell EMC. He is responsible for design and development of the Vscale, Vblock, VxBlock and VxRack family of Converged Systems, as well as CPSD’s complimentary offerings which include Data Protection and management infrastructure. Scott and CPSD are working to deliver next generation converged infrastructure to transform the economics, agility and profitability of enterprises and service providers as they transition to cloud-enabled business models.
	Sameer Mohile Product Manager - Dell EMC CPSD Sameer is a principal product manager at Dell EMC Converged Platforms and Solutions Division (formerly VCE) where he leads the product direction and strategic planning for Converged Infrastructure Management. He has over 15 years of expertise in Data Center, Networking and Collaboration industry. He is a certified Agile Product Owner with deep experience leading cross-functional teams. .
	David Hayward Consultant-Systems and Software Management, Dell EMC CPSD David is responsible for system management software and network architecture product marketing for the Dell EMC Converged Platform and Solutions Division (formerly VCE). With more than 25 years' experience at top-tier and start-up IT infrastructure and software providers, David specializes in strategies and solutions that help IT operations teams transform into more efficient and business-impact focused organizations.
	Director Platform Engineering - Dell EMC CPSD Ted Balman is the Director of Platform Engineering, Core Technologies in the Converged Platforms and Solutions division of Dell EMC. He is responsible for many cross functional domains for the Vscale, Vblock, VxBlock and VxRack family of Converged Systems, as well as CPSD’s complimentary offerings which include Data Protection and management infrastructure. Some of these cross functional domains are, Product Security Engineering, the Release Certification Matrix (RCM) and Physical Infrastructure Engineering.

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