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July 3, 2020

New Normal: FGS Panel Discussion

By Russ Lewis. Published online July 3, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZvTBjVN6mE

I joined FGS CEO, Peter Stroud and his guests discussing “the new normal”;

James Hall, Global Storage Chief Technologist at HPE

Frank Purcell, Operational Services Manager at Islington Council

What you cant see is the wine-tasting that followed. Pete sent each of us a case of half-bottles of wine from Berry Bros. It was great.

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