Steven Cortez

Virtualization Technical Marketing Engineer @NetApp | #vExpert 2019-2022 | #NetAppATeam | @TriadVMUG Leader | #Bachata lover

[Steven Cortez @mscproductions]

Mom I’ve missed you everyday since your passing 1 year ago today. I hope I was able to keep my promise to you by being a good son & taking care of dad. I know you’re in a better place now but it doesn’t make it easier for me living without you. Love you ❤️

[Keith Townsend @CTOAdvisor]

Most enterprise IT leaders are stuck choosing between two hard problems:

- Do you put your smartest people on AI?
- Or do you put them on VMware rationalization?

In this week’s CTO Advisor Podcast, I sat down with @vmiss33 to talk about why that tension exists—and why it’s actually the wrong framing.

We get into:

- Why most enterprises don’t need massive GPU racks (and how badly AI sizing is misunderstood)
- Why virtualization rationalization is a prerequisite to AI—not a distraction from it
- What’s really happening with data center builds at the local level (not the hype version)

How experienced infrastructure leaders are using AI tools to build real systems without becoming full-time coders

This is a practitioner-to-practitioner conversation.

No hype. No vendor bingo cards. Just reality.

🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/tayAPJwwpd

[Steven Cortez @mscproductions]

@vmiss33 Probably needs to be reprogrammed. Something like that happened to my bmw when the battery died

[Tim Buckley @TimBuckleyWX]

Don't forget Western NC.

[Tim Buckley @TimBuckleyWX]

I pray people don't forget about North Carolina in the weeks and months ahead.

[Jason Benedicic @jabenedicic]

Matt Wood, VP AI at AWS joins GK on stage to talk to us now. Cheers from the crowd when mentioning FSx ONTAP, have to agree it’s a great product.

[Keith Townsend @CTOAdvisor]

GK just shared the same thing I see. Data management and normalization takes 80% of data scientists time. Data wrangling is the problem to solve in data analytics across data sources. #NetAppInsight.

[Jason Benedicic @jabenedicic]

GK goes on to tell us how NetApp are simplifying complex AI workflows and the use of advanced technologies by bring AI to your data.

[Jason Benedicic @jabenedicic]

These numbers are impressive, a 7% gain in global GDP is huge in just the next decade. AI will have a massive impact.

[Jason Benedicic @jabenedicic]

It’s day 1 keynote time for #NetAppInsight and the A Team is front and centre to hear all the announcements

[NetApp A-Team @NetAppATeam]

INSIGHT 2024 KICKING OFF!! #NetAppATeam in the house!

#NetAppINSIGHT

[Steven Cortez @mscproductions]

@vmiss33 I dont like benches i like chairs instead

[Steven Cortez @mscproductions]

@vmiss33 🙋‍♂️

[Steven Cortez @mscproductions]

@suh00d Lol he’s not wrong

[Steven Cortez @mscproductions]

@vmiss33 @aaronbuley @BostonDynamics Unplug skynet asap

[Steven Cortez @mscproductions]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Steven Cortez @mscproductions]

@vmiss33 @drahcir_rahl

[Steven Cortez @mscproductions]

@lumosfiber is there an outage in Greensboro, NC?

[Steven Cortez @mscproductions]

@MichaelCade1 Did you check by chance if ESXi 8 runs in these guys? Im looking for a few for the homelab as well

[Steven Cortez @mscproductions]

@vmiss33 @wyrdgirl Im not even gonna say my first version lol *grumbles feels old*

[Steven Cortez @mscproductions]

@CitizenHush @vmiss33