Vantara is essentially a reorganisation within Hitachi, with the company blending together three business units: the data centre specialist Hitachi Data Systems, BI and analytics brand Pentaho and the big data unit Hitachi Insight Group.
Dave Grohl: Meg White 'One Of The Best Drummers Ever'. He ranks The White Stripes drummer alongside John Bonham and Keith Moon while discussing how other musicians lack personality. Dave Grohl has sung the praises of Meg White, calling her one of his favorite drummers of all time. He names The White Stripes drummer alongside Patrick Carnay of The Black Keys and Chris Tomson from Vampire Weekend, saying they deserve to be put in the drumming ranks alongside Keith Moon and John Bonham.
A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else. The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player. Funny story: I was hanging out with Adam Shankman for Samantha Ronson's birthday, and Lance Bass was there. I don't really know Lance, but he comes over to me and goes, 'Hey, I just wanted to let you know I'm a fan of 'Pretty Little Liars' and I'm rooting for your character.' It was surreal! That's how 'PLL' has changed my life.