Ken Clipperton
LEAD Analyst for Storage
Ken Clipperton is the Lead Analyst for Storage at DCIG. Ken brings more than 20 years of information technology leadership to his current role. Prior roles include server administrator, systems analyst, and then information technology director at a series of three private colleges and universities. Ken has served on multiple corporate advisory boards, state-wide technology commissions, national user group boards, and presented at many national and regional technology conferences.
Throughout his career, Ken has specialized in evaluating and implementing innovative technologies to address operational, tactical and strategic business priorities. For example, Ken was a key leader in the creation of the world’s first comprehensive wireless community at Buena Vista University–a project called eBVyou–that became a national model and drew visiting teams from hundreds of colleges, universities and K-12 school districts.
Ken earned his MBA in Management Information Systems from Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN and a BA in History from Crown College.
Latest Posts By Ken Clipperton
SC22 Provides Glimpse into Tomorrow’s Data Center
This week I had the privilege of attending SC22, the supercomputing conference, in Dallas, TX. Supercomputing centers are early adopters of technologies that will soon be common in most data centers. Thus, the sessions I attended, the attendees I spoke with, and the solutions on display in the exhibit hall provided me with an eye-opening glimpse into tomorrow’s data center.
Lessons Learned About Building an Effective File Data Cloud
Nasuni recently hosted Nasuni CloudBound22, a two-day virtual conference. This article summarizes key takeaways from the event.
Tintri Analytics Makes the Invisible Visible
Tintri’s focus on using analytics to optimize application performance is fundamentally better than the break-fix focus of many other vendors.
Tintri Predictive Analytics Yield Astonishing Simplicity
Predictive analytics applied to enterprise storage is delivering a lot of value. Tintri focuses its analytics on optimizing application performance, not break/fix support. This focus is a fundamentally better approach to applying analytics to enterprise storage than many other vendors offer.
DCIG Moderating “The Active Archiving Ecosystem” Virtual Conference
Attend the “The Active Archiving Ecosystem” virtual conference to learn how active archiving enables organizations to manage and monetize data at scale while reducing overall storage costs and enhancing cyber resilience. DCIG is moderating this virtual conference on September 22, 2022.