Chris Williams

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Editor-in-Chief at The Register

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Are AFAs right for VDI? – Blocks and Files

2 days ago | blocksandfiles.com | Chris Williams

Partner Content In any VDI deployment, storage is crucial for success and user experience. It ensures performance and responsiveness while supporting scalability and reliability. Storage bottlenecks can undermine the best VDI strategies, especially during peak times like boot storms and login surges. Consequently, storage choices are central to VDI design discussions, with organizations typically selecting between a traditional virtual SAN (vSAN) or an external all-flash array (AFA).
Choose Nutanix, Dell for Agile, scalable IT

6 days ago | theregister.com | Chris Williams

Webinar Today’s IT teams face a balancing act: Supporting current workloads while preparing for tomorrow’s demands. Outdated infrastructure and fragmented solutions can’t keep up. Join Varun Chhabra (Dell Technologies) and Lee Caswell (Nutanix) on April 30 for a fast-paced, 30-minute event on building agility into your infrastructure. Learn how the Dell PowerFlex platform — now the first external storage fully integrated with Nutanix Cloud Platform — empowers your team to move faster and smarter.
An ex-Microsoft VP of HR explains 3 things you can do to stay on your boss's radar and off the layoff list

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Chris Williams

Careers Chris Williams, ex-Microsoft VP of HR, wrote that being visible helps avoid uncomfortable inquiries like DOGE's "five bullet points" requested email. sakchai vongsasiripat/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Chris Williams is an ex-VP of HR at Microsoft and has over 40 years of executive experience.
Intel board announces new CEO

1 month ago | theregister.com | Chris Williams

Breaking The board of Intel has named semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as the x86 giant's new CEO. Tan, who among other things successfully steered electronics design giant Cadence, will replace interim co-CEOs David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus. Zinsner will be executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Johnston Holthaus will be CEO of Intel Products.
Venting on social media about your job can be good, but be very, very careful

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Chris Williams

Careers Pakin Jarerndee/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . As massive layoffs increase across industries, people are taking to LinkedIn to vent. Chris Williams, ex-VP of HR at Microsoft with over 40 years of executive experience, weighed in. He said a carefully constructed rant could actually attract new employers.
How to avoid being labeled an 'underperformer,' according to the ex-VP of HR at Microsoft

2 months ago | businessinsider.com | Chris Williams

Careers Network beyond your team to avoid being labeled an underperformer, the former VP of HR at Microsoft writes. RichVintage/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Chris Williams is a former VP of HR at Microsoft with more than 40 years of experience.
US govt sued over HR email server privacy, security fears

2 months ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn |Chris Williams |Iain Thomson

Two anonymous US government employees have sued Uncle Sam's HR department – the Office of Personnel Management – claiming the Trump administration's rapid roll out of a new federal email system broke the law. The pair's complaint [PDF], filed Monday in a Washington DC district court, claims an effort to establish a single email address through which the OPM can communicate directly with all civilian federal employees – presumably to facilitate firing them – violated the E-Government Act of 2002.
My takeaways from React Advanced London 2024

Jan 14, 2025 | medium.com | Chris Williams

Chris Williams·FollowPublished inWhich? Product Delivery·5 min read·--I had the pleasure of attending React Advanced London last week with a few colleagues (major kudos to Sparky for organising this!). The event took place at The Brewery near the Barbican — a charming, turn-of-the-century venue with a modern edge. It was my first time there, and it was both easy to find and navigate. Registration was smooth, though the area was tight, so later arrivals found themselves queuing outside.
3 Steps to take when you make a mistake at work, according to an HR executive with over 40 years of experience

Dec 28, 2024 | businessinsider.com | Chris Williams

Chris Williams, ex-VP of HR at Microsoft, shares advice on how to bounce back from mistakes at work. He suggests employees take three steps: own it, fix it, and prevent it. Williams used these steps to fix a big mistake he made at Microsoft and was eventually promoted. As the VP of HR at Microsoft, I saw a lot of people make mistakes. From simple math on their expense accounts to serious errors in judgment that required the local police to resolve.
HAMILTON stuns Cardiff: a revolutionary masterpiece at Wales Millennium Centre

Dec 2, 2024 | buzzmag.co.uk | Chris Williams

The musical Hamilton coming to Cardiff is a big deal, not least choosing to spend two whole months – including the Christmas period – of its inaugural UK tour in the Wales Millennium Centre. Winning a Pulitzer Prize not long after its debut almost 10 years ago, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s creation revolutionised the landscape for modern musical theatre.