Although the details have not been released, TechTarget updated its web site today with a list of events by region for 2009. My understanding is that, although the formats and locations are tweaked slightly, the user-focused character of their excellent Storage Decisions conferences and one-day seminars will remain. Some highlights from the calendar: The Storage [...]
Who Will Capture the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Crown?
December 19, 2008 By 3 Comments
Today, Brocade announced that it has completed its acquisition of Foundry Networks. This is just the latest move in the strategic game to control the next generation of Ethernet, and possibly all local connectivity, including storage. Although 1 Gb Ethernet, 4 and 8 Gb Fibre Channel, and InfiniBand are all still going strong, the attention of the industry, [...]
My Holiday Gift Recommendation: Microfinance
December 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Searching for the perfect gift this year? Allow me to make a suggestion: Give microfinance gift certificates from Kiva! What’s Microfinance? Imagine you are a motivated entrepreneur (maybe you are!) Now imagine you have an idea for a business, something you are so sure of that you would happily take out a short-term loan to [...]
AncientFS Opens Archaic Filesystems To Mac OS X
December 17, 2008 By 1 Comment
Just a quick note: Google’s Amit Singh recently introduced a new addition to the MacFUSE user-space filesystem software for OS X: AncientFS allows the Mac to read a host of archaic file systems and data container formats, from DECtape to Dump to the various flavors of the standard UNIX file system. This ought to be useful for [...]
iPhone: The Frustratingest iPod Ever!
December 15, 2008 By 3 Comments
Apple may think that the iPhone and iPod Touch are the “funnest” ever, but I’d like to give the “touch” iPod implementation in these devices a new name: When it comes to controls, it is the frustratingest iPod ever! (Ok, maybe the Shuffle is slightly worse…) Seriously, the simplicity of control was one of the prime factors [...]
2.2 And Eight Things That Are Still Wrong With The iPhone
December 13, 2008 By 10 Comments
Remembering Storage Magazine
December 12, 2008 By 11 Comments
All things must pass, but it is with a heavy heart that I note that TechTarget‘s excellent Storage magazine has shipped its last issue. No official word has been posted by the company, but it is now widely reported. All print publications are feeling squeezed by a move to online readership which robs print of advertising [...]
Of Emulated Fibre Channel, Virtualization, And The Right Tool For The Job
December 12, 2008 By 21 Comments
EMC’s Chuck Hollis is one smart guy, and a very verbose blogger. As usual, he sparked a bit of a storm recently when comparing unified storage on EMC’s Celerra NX4 to NetApp’s multiprotocol FAS2020 filer. But it was one phrase in particular that got the attention of Alex McDonald and Kostadis Russos of NetApp, Martin/Storagebod, and Tony [...]
Toronto Seminar: Do Canadians Virtualize?
December 8, 2008 By 1 Comment
I’m off to beautiful Toronto, Ontario, Canada for tomorrow’s storage virtualization seminar. It will be very interesting to learn if there are differences between the two countries in terms of technologies employed or (more likely) business objectives served by server and storage virtualization technology. As I noted after my date with Charlotte, American companies are increasingly [...]
Got Some AppleCare For Cheap
December 8, 2008 By 2 Comments
Update: Due to the massive and frequent AppleCare fraud cases on eBay, I can no longer recommend buying it there. You may save money, or you may buy something that Apple rejects as illegitimate months or years later. Since the Bing cashback offer is expired, too, this whole article isn’t worth much anymore. Sorry! After [...]
