80+ Storage Professionals to Follow on Twitter

Written by David Vellante

Data storage is one technology passion we share at Wikibon. In honor of the Masters of Storage, we thought we would expand on their list of Storage Users on Twitter with our own, highlighting analysts, bloggers and many of the talented professionals in and around the storage industry.

We’re trying to not only highlight influential users but the most active data storage professionals using Twitter as well. If we’ve missed anyone, please let us know via the comments below.

A comprehensive list of storage professionals to follow on Twitter

@_philipclark – I am a native Houstonian that was born in England. Storage Analyst for Texas Memory Systems. Member of Kaleo Houston.
@3parfarley – marc farley, Storage guy, blogger, author, social networker, likes outdoors+travel+sports+music
@aaronblew – UNIX/Storage/MySQL professional. Datsun owner, sometimes coder.
AceSage - Hi Tech marketing guru, serial entrepreneur and industry fixture.
@Asigra – Cloud backup experts
@bcossette – High-tech PR pro for clients in telecom, security and storage.
@benwoony – Ben Woo, IDC storage analyst.
@betsydoughty – I am a channel director for a data storage company in Boulder
@billpetro – High-tech marketing professional in the Information Storage industry. Social media scholar. Your friendly neighborhood historian: billpetro.com/blog
@BostonSarah – Storage and Security Product Marketer, HDS. Enthusiastic about social media and authentic messaging. Amateur musician and left-handed golfer.
@bwahacker – software entrepreneur in enterprise storage and virtualization
@bwhyte – IBM STG – Storage Software Development – Master Inventor – Day job – SVC Performance Architect – family,life,cars,wine
@cemoca – senior system & storage consultant HPCI,MASE,XEN/Vmware VCP etc.
@CDrago – Marketing and communications professional at Pillar Data
@chrismellor – The Register’s chief storage expert
@chrismevans – Storage Architect – technology hoarder – quiz afficonado – what more do you want to know?
@chuckhollis – technologist, marketeer, blogger and musician
@cimasg – Entrepreneur, Storage and Server Evangelist
@cingulus – VP of Corporate Marketing at Emulex
@ckranz – Technical-Junkie: NetApp, VMware, Storage, Virtualisation, Scripting. Also love cars, music and animals.
@cloudcomputeguy – CloudComputing #CloudStorage #IaaS #PaaS #SaaS #APaaS #Daas
@cswolf – Senior Analyst at Burton Group
@dancrumb – Web Developer, Storage Expert, Tinkerer, preDevCamp Founder, nerdnite Austin Boss
@davegraham – Cloud customer advocate for EMC and blogger extraordinaire.
@dconnor – Deni Connor is principal analyst for Storage Strategies NOW, a research firm focusing on storage technologies.
@destari – Filesystem and FreeBSD junkie, storage guy, skydiver, engineer.
@djenningspr – Hearts storage, Tech PR, Rugby, Football/soccer and Social Media
@edsai – Virtualization practice lead focused on storage and virtualization. Blogger at GestaltIT.com. Father and husband.
@emulex – Converged networking and storage
@eric_sherrill – Sr. Storage & Backup Admin., Atos Origin – opinions mine, not necessarily theirs!
@esganalysttmac – Industry analyst folowing storage, with a focus on NAS and cloud storage infrastructure
@esignoretti – Owner of virtualization specialist firm in Italy
@Fred_Monsone – Data storage PR professional and enthusiastic photographer
@gabvirtualworld – Virtualization Architect
@gerrymcgrath – Manager of medium sized enterprise class San Storage 100+ TB and counting!
@GregFunaroLPP – PR pro – Interested in eDiscovery, high-end storage and security. Boston sports fanatic.
@gregorydwhite – Father of twin girls; Lover of anything done outside and of live music; Conservationist; Work passion is Data Storage (Storage Marketing @ Dell is my job)
@HPStorageGuy – Long time HP Storage guy, husband once, father twice, love Jesus, like music and ice hockey
@ianhf – Scottish pessimist – IT infrastructure architecture and strategy in large telco – storage speciality (stealth Rhubarb picker, Cricket watcher and TVR driver)
@itstorage – Storage Analyst
@jasoniehl – Data Protection Expert focusing on Backup and Recovery at NetApp
@jeastman – Researcher, Technologist, Texan. CTO of Mezeo – a provider of cloud storage infrastructure
@JohnSWebster – storage analyst and ham radio contester
@jolenehajj – PR superstar for high-tech companies in storage, BI, software and search spaces. Fitness geek, travel lover, dabbling blogger.
@Jonathaneunice – Analyst for Illuminata
@jtmcarthur56 – John McArthur, former analyst at IDC, now Walden Technology Partners
@justinbraun – Microsoft guy for Compellent, gadget geek, blogger, retired baseball skipper, and new dad.
@Knieriemen – I co-host the Infosmack podcast on StorageMonkeys.com
@leighgrace – High-tech/ data storage PR, golden retriever fan, Ole Miss Rebel, loves cooking, reading, football & social media.
@LiemNguyen – PR, marketing and communications manager for Compellent focus on Enterprise IT.
@luciefm – Storage and Telecom PR – 11 years and counting
@mainesysadmin – SysAdmin specializing in VMware, SAN & NAS Storage, Ubuntu, OSS, Cloud Computing and Indie Rock.
@MattPovey – Working on virtualisation and storage consultancy for EMC Netherlands
@MikeBeevor – TAM @ DataCore Software. Storage Virtualisation Leaders
@MikeLaSpina – I’m an IT Professional with 28 years of industry experience in storage, networking, virtualization and operating systems.
@mpyeager – Data storage and protection practice leader for Computacenter living in Mill Hill, northwest London with beautiful wife and 3 year old son.
@ndroid – Systems, VM and Storage admin. Runner, backpacker. Dad and husband.
@netapp – NetApp corporate twitter account
@nigelpoulton – Talk about enterprise storage, disks, SSD, FC, FCoE and the likes. Spend too mcuh time with Hitachi storage arrays
@optimizestorage – Ocarina Networks
@PariseauTT – Senior News Writer for SearchStorage.com, a Tech Target publication. My words do not necessarily reflect the thoughts of my employer.
@Peglarr – Technologist from Xiotech and one of the most credible ’super peers’ in storage. Active participant in several IT communities.
@PeterQuirk – Product Manager in the storage & backup industry. Hobby is virtual world technology.
@petesteege – Storage guy at Seagate. Relentlessly curious. Blogging at http://storageeffect.media.seagate.com/
@rainierco – CEO of Rainier Communications Technology Public Relations/
@RayLucchesi – Storage crazy for 30 years
@robcommins – An ever changing combination of husband, dad, enterprise storage marketer, fitness hack, beachcomber and wilderness hiker.
@Rose_at_O – Marketing and PR enthusiast in high tech space – Love security, storage, virtualisation, mobile, telco and all things enterprise
@SANPenguin – Dell TechCenter Guy for Storage/Linux/Baseball/BBQ/Poker/Shiny things
@schollm – Serial Entrepreneur, developing sw-based storage systems
@scott_lowe – An IT pro specializing in virtualization, VMware, storage, servers, and Macs
@scottdesbles – Gadget Geek, Motorcycle Rider, and Director of Technical Solutions at Compellent
@sepatonjay – Marketing guy at Sepaton and prolific blogger
@sfoskett – Stephen Foskett, now of Nirvanix
@SiliconValleyPR – Founder of Silicon Valley PR, an agency for data storage, server, and networking startups
@skenniston – Storage Technologist, Social Networker, Power Boater and Life Enthusiast
@slesem – CEO of MEZEO, a provider of cloud storage infrastructure, friend, husband and father
@stevedupe – Storage analyst extraordinaire Steve Duplessie of Enterprise Strategy Group
@storageanarchy – Early adopter techno-geek who steers enterprise storage technology & business strategy by day, digital media hobbies by night.
@storagebod – Storage Manager for large media company, 2.5 petabytes of EMC, NetApp and other stuff!
@storageio – IT Industry Analyst and Author www.storageio.com
@StorageMojo – Data storage blogger, analyst, consultant 200km north of Phoenix, AZ.
@StorageMonkeys – Data storage social network; social media maven.
@StorageNerve – Geek, Technologist, Evangelist, Blogger, Live and Breathe Storage & Virtualization
@storageswiss – IT analyst and writer
@Storagezilla – Paid info-geek for EMC Corp. Unpaid general geek everywhere else.
@stu – EMC technologist focused on the data center and virtualization.
@sunshinemug – PR/Social Media consultant and blogger. Storage, IT and the occasional link to slow loris pics.
@suzannem – Strategic PR and Comm. Semi, Green, Storage, Consumer
@taylorallis – SunGard Solutions Architect, Capstone Consultant, Storage Strategy @ Sun/StorageTek, EMC reseller, HP distributor. Love high-tech, sci-fi, family, and Jesus.
@tbecchetti – Working in Operating Systems and Storage for 29 Years.
@the_saltworks – Data Mobility Group’s Joseph Martins, information management and storage
@tiffwdms – IBM Tivoli Storage product marketing manager
@timbo_baggins – Dedupe and storage geek for Big Blue.
@tmravi – CEO of Mimosa Systems. Opine on entrepreneurship, content archiving, Exchange, SharePoint, storage, cloud computing, fashion.
@Tom_HammondDoel – Data Storage Industry veteran at LSI. BoD FCIA. BoD SNIA GSI.
@TonyJThompson – Technical Team Leader responsible for NetApp/Acopia/Windows storage development. Oh, and mad about Macs…
@Valb00 – NetApp CTO and mega blogger
@Vaughn_Stewart – Virtualization evangelist for NetApp
@virgilwashere – Virtualisation Architect. Geek. VMware, storage, networking, servers, datacenters
@virtualtacit – Storage, Virtualization, and DR Consultant
@wcpreston – Curtis Preston, Mr. Backup
@Xio_Tommyt – Tommy Trogden
@YatPundit – Storage Area Network expert, streetcar buff, Arsenal fan, bookworm, Democrat, foodie, Not a social media expert. Have real job.
@ZimmerHDS – Storage Nerd
@zoginstor – VP of Marketing and Sales at Tarmin. Been an executive in the computer storage industry for 20 years..
@zorian – CEO of StarWind Software, Interests: Management, Entrepreneurship, Virtualization, Storage Technologies

The Wikibon Team

@demartek – Computer industry analyst with on-site test lab. Wikibon Mastermind. Microsoft storage MVP. User group (RMWTUG) leader in Colorado. Racquetball player.
@dvellante – Co-founder of Wikibon, a peer production site for business technology practitioners
@dfloyer – Wide international data center experience
@garyatWikibon – Wikibon analysts covering unstructured content management and eDiscovery
@stor2 – Wikibon Analyst, Storage 2.0. Cloud Storage and Beyond, Virtualization, Storage Networking
@veridictus – A pragmatic marketing consultant and industry analyst focused on Green IT and the data storage industry.
@versace57 – Wikibon’s lead security analyst. Former Fidelity risk management practitioner.

Note that for this list, we did not include the many talented organizations and companies representing the storage industry. Hopefully we’ll have that list up shortly hereafter

Who are we missing? We’d love to hear your comments and suggestions below.

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keithneighbors

Please consider adding @drobo we own their product and love it also we would love to be added @datastoragejobs

Michael Jordan Shoes

I liked it, thank you for your share

the storage anarchist

Wither @chuckhollis? He's been doin' this social media stuff longer than most all of us...

Wikibon

Thanks for the comment - we've added him to the list!

Raj Subramaniam

Please add the IBM Storage corporate twitter account http://twitter.com/ibmstorage

Wikibon

Hi Raj - this list is exclusive to individuals as opposed to companies and organizations. We're targeting a new list for those types of profiles though so stay tuned :-)

stor2

Great list -- wonder how big it will become? RT @Emulex: To add all 80 storage networking professionals at once, use the Tweepml link: http://tweepml.org/?t=5631 (via @rickvanover)

Bas Raayman

I would also recommend @DuncanYB, @vinternals and @CXI. Perhaps even myself @BasRaayman, but the ones mentioned before should be on the list, especially CXI since he knows both NetApp and EMC. :)

Bas Raayman

Oh, and @c0t0d0s0 is also a good follow. :)

stu

I seem to be the only one who was on Foskett's old list (http://blog.fosketts.net/2008/12/05/storage-twi...) that didn't make this one. Please consider adding me
@stu

David Vellante

That Stu was the original list of pioneers. Duly noted and updated...Thanks for the comment.

acesage

ouch

Dave - wasn't I your first client when you spun off from IDC? How quickly they forget...I'll remember to ignore you when I see you at SNW...

;-)

David Vellante

Please don't ignore me-- I'll try to do better!!!!

Not my first but for sure the best...See you in Phoenix.

acesage

Ha - thanks.

Turns out I am actually speaking at Storage Expo in London that week so I won't be in Phoenix. Dumb to schedule the two big storage shows on the same day. Both Rick Gillett and I are speaking on "Tiering to Clouds" should be interesting - we have some good economic analysis to share. I wonder if the cloud storage buzz is as high in london as here...

leighgrace

How about @spectralogic?

federicamonsone

Please note that the 'right' Chris Mellor is @Chris_Mellor

Wikibon

Thanks for noticing - we've corrected that :-)

veeamguy

You can follow Veeam and its Data Recovery products related to Dell, @veeamatdell ...

sterlizzi

If anyone wants to follow me, my twitter account is @sterlizzi . While I am still doing sales and marketing consulting in the storage industry, I am currently bootstrapping a online digital photography site, www.wearephotographers.com. Its twitter account is @wearephotogs .

Joseph Martins

Glad to finally have a list I can refer to. Thank you for doing the legwork. Quite a few on here that I did not know about.

frapposelli

You should include @esignoretti he's a storage blogger from Italy.

Wikibon

Thanks johnmcarthur, innagordin and frapposelli for stopping by - added these Twitterers

innagordin

Great list! Should also add @cswolf and @davegraham. And don't forget @StorageMonkeys

johnmcarthur

One other suggestion: @rainierco :PR strategist in computer storage

johnmcarthur

Great list. I would add @gabvirtualworld

Wikibon

Thanks very much for the comment, we've added Gabrie

valbercovici

Looks like this is a hint I need to tweet @valb00 more often :)

Wikibon

Most definitely but if you could send me a quick bio, I'll add you to the list!

Wikibon

Whoops - we already have you up there :-)

Louis Gray (Emulex)

This is a solid list. I would include @Emulex and their link blog feed @Emulexlinks. The Emulex account not only covers Emulex news, but storage trends, FCoE, virtualization, convergence, etc.

Shaun Walsh, VP of Corporate Marketing at Emulex, can also be found on Twitter at @cingulus.

Wikibon

Thanks Louis! I'm adding Shaun to this list and keep tabs on our blog for a Data Storage Companies and News Twitter post in the near future :-)

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