Camberley Bates

Tech, bikes, mountains and people. Always wondering when infrastructure tech will mess up best laid plans for IT.

[Camberley Bates @camberleyb]

@CTOAdvisor Congrats to the Townsend’s. Such joy.

[Camberley Bates @camberleyb]

@danielnewmanUV Love this!!

[Keith Townsend @CTOAdvisor]

Tariffs aren’t just noise—they’re now part of your IT procurement strategy.

When you’re planning infrastructure over a 5–7 year horizon, sudden shifts in trade policy can upend carefully crafted budgets. Tariffs can spike hardware costs overnight, forcing CIOs and CFOs to adapt in real-time.

Here’s how we're seeing enterprise buyers adjust:

🔄 Vendor diversification – Dual sourcing isn’t just about uptime anymore; it's about tariff resilience.

📉 Long-term pricing contracts – More orgs are negotiating multi-year deals that cap tariff exposure.

⏱️ Timing is tactical – Accelerate or defer purchases based on trade policy forecasts.

📊 TCO rebalancing – Tariffs can tip the scales between cloud vs. on-prem. What looked economical 12 months ago might not be today.

🏭 Onshoring & nearshoring – Not just a manufacturing story. IT is reevaluating where infrastructure gets built and deployed.

Bottom line: Tariffs are becoming a first-class input in infrastructure planning. Ignore them, and you risk blowing up your budget. Manage them strategically, and you gain a competitive edge.

How are you adjusting your procurement strategy in light of global trade shifts?

Great conversation on the latest Infrastructure Matters with @dhinchcliffe, @camberleyb, and me.

[Six Five Media @TheSixFiveMedia]

Welcome to the 2023 @SixFiveSummit @spoonen!
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@spoonen is the #CEO of @Cohesity and has been in and around tech for years.
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Register at https://t.co/u2Txl1GkxL to hear Sanjay's session and many more!

[Camberley Bates @camberleyb]

Examining Decentralized Storage https://t.co/7F0aghYRr9

[Daniel Newman @danielnewmanUV]

That just crushed #MWC2023 feeling.
15 @SixFivePodcast between customer meeting, Analyst briefings, and a healthy press inquiry junket. 🙌🏻🙏🏻💪🏻

[Pat Gelsinger @PGelsinger]

Bringing your whole self to work, including your religion and faith, is something I value. Differences in thought, experience, and culture build high-performing teams that drive breakthrough innovation.

Thank you for the discussion around faith in business, @StanfordRock.

[Majesty Magazine (& Joe Little) @MajestyMagazine]

A similar thing happened when the Duke of Edinburgh died. Remarkable.

[Camberley Bates @camberleyb]

Flight UA562 agent is holding entire customer hostage as he needs 8 people to. Volunteer not to fly. Really?? I did not think this was UAL practice.

[Pete Brey @cloudstorageguy]

Thinking about making the switch to Kubernetes for your applications? Have you thought about how to handle data persistence, at scale for your production applications? Attend tomorrow's webinar to learn how #RedHat @Ceph helps you solve these problems. https://t.co/kfcRLgWffF

[Chris Miller @EdTechChris]

Put recent US Treasury guidance about reporting before paying ransomware in perspective with how many K-12 schools get hit or are impacted by various cyber incidents. https://t.co/lhsg0tnNdt (2 of 2) #edleadership #txed

[Camberley Bates @camberleyb]

@leecaswell Congrats on the progress and consistency.

[Camberley Bates @camberleyb]

One of the joys of living in Colorado is getting up this AM and putting on wool sweater the day after being at the pool with umbrella drinks. Waiting on the snow accumilation today in Boulder!

[Camberley Bates @camberleyb]

@gminks I like to say this is waaay too funny. CU's campus looked about the same this weekend.

[Camberley Bates @camberleyb]

@leecaswell @VMwarevSphere @vmwarevcf @vmwarevsan OOOOH. that makes me dizzy watching!

[Camberley Bates @camberleyb]

I started listening to a podcast @DollyParton's America poduced by @Radiolab. Dolly is one of the biggest stars WW, pulling from every culture in a mixed world we could only hope for.

[billboard @billboard]

"Of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No!” –@DollyParton on supporting the #BlackLivesMatter movement and protests.

Check out the full cover story here: https://t.co/AN9zNk1dRX

[Camberley Bates @camberleyb]

@JTNetApp @jockowillink Enjoy, been reading his book.

[Camberley Bates @camberleyb]

Know a SuperWoman? Love to hear about them. Nominations are being taken for the SuperWomen in Flash Leadership! https://t.co/g9hfDFdKLQ

[Camberley Bates @camberleyb]

This is going to get interesting. https://t.co/8K1yb4ioa9

[Qumulo @qumulo]

White Paper: Download the TECHNICAL INSIGHTS PAPER by @evaluator_group's Randy Kerns: Addressing #Healthcare Information Storage Challenges with #Qumulo. https://t.co/EuuaII7yoy

#whitepaper #cloud #aws #googlecloud #datasolutions #cloudsolutions