Back From The Pile: May 30, 2009

Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 01. Jun, 2009 | View Comments

It was a week of HAM in the enterprise storage industry and angry arguments in the CloudCamp camp. But things looked up at the end with a productive discussion about backups. Google sent us a wave, but nobody was happy when GM threatened to collapse.
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HDS’ HAM-Fisted Announcement did not impress, with many wondering (So Long [...]

Lessons From the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo Prague 2009

Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Gestalt IT, Personal, Virtual Storage on 19. May, 2009 | View Comments

What is the cloud? What will become of it? I spent May 17 and 18 in Prague at the Sys-Con Cloud Computing Conference and Expo exploring these questions with some of the smartest cloud-focused folks in Europe. The consensus: The IT world is changing and remote managed services are a big part of it. Another discovery: [...]

Preparing For Cloud and Virtualization Expo in Prague

Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 05. May, 2009 | View Comments

The final approvals are in, and I’m pleased to announce that I will have speaking sessions at both of Sys-Con’s European Expos in Prague in two weeks’ time! I am very excited to be visiting “Praha matka měst” for the first time, but now have to work to get my sessions ready.
There is still time [...]

My Cloud Slam Topic: Enterprise Storage (Predictable?)

Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal on 19. Apr, 2009 | View Comments

I am pleased to be part of Cloud Slam ‘09, the cloud computing virtual conference!
My presentation on Monday evening focuses on the emergence of cloud storage in the enterprise space: Why it’s important, what it is, and how to act on it. I start by talking about the drivers, including the unexpectedly high cost of [...]

Sun Launches Their Own Cloud, But For Which Market?

Sun Launches Their Own Cloud, But For Which Market?

Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Gestalt IT, Virtual Storage on 19. Mar, 2009 | View Comments

While the bulk of Sun-related news this week relates to reported talks of a buyout by IBM, the company took a break from negotiations to introduce their own cloud computing and storage infrastructure, challenging Amazon, Google, Rackspace, and perhaps VMware, Microsoft, and Nirvanix.

Ten-Year Trend: Mobility

Ten-Year Trend: Mobility

Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history, Enterprise storage, Everything, Personal, Terabyte home, Virtual Storage on 11. Mar, 2009 | View Comments

What is the megatrend of this decade? I suggest that we are witnessing a wholesale shift from information tied to place/device to information mobility. Cloud computing, server virtualization, and even flash memory are all contributors to this massive trend, along with the user-side trends of the post-PDA mobile phone, 3G data, social web services, and connected home.

EMC Atmos Versus VMware VDC-OS: Will The Real Cloud Strategy Please Stand Up?

Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Virtual Storage on 10. Nov, 2008 | View Comments

As I guessed on Friday, EMC has officially announced their Maui Atmos software layer today, calling it the “industry’s first COS (cloud-optimized storage) offering”, “a new era for IT”, and “a new category of storage.” So the new era for IT is a cloud with globally-distributed object stores with policy management?
Great! But I thought the [...]

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