Back From the Pile: Interesting Content From the Week of May 2, 2009
Posted by Stephen in Everything on 04. May, 2009 | View Comments
There were some interesting events and blog posts last week. This new weekly feature highlights those!
Enterprise IT
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Your Reliance On Backup Tapes – What’s wrong with backup tapes? They’re inaccessible, making them unsuitable for most applications. My latest post for my Enterprise Storage Strategies blog.
Is Licensing Turning vSphere Into Vista? – A [...]
Spring Storage Networking World 2009, Here I Come!
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal on 06. Apr, 2009 | View Comments
I’m off to Orlando this morning for Storage Networking World (SNW) Spring 2009. It will be great to see all of my friends in the industry again, though EMC will be quiet in the run-up to EMC World and the DMX-5 “Tigon” launch mysterious April 14th announcement!
I will be wearing two hats at the show [...]
Consulting Is A Perilous Business But Credibility Is What Matters
Posted by Stephen in Personal on 26. Mar, 2009 | View Comments
I’ve called myself a “vendor-independent storage consultant” for more than a decade now, but my good friend, Greg Schultz, recently challenged me on that statement. Sure, I haven’t worked for a vendor of tin boxes and spinning rust, or the software that runs the stuff, but I’m firmly rooted in the supply side of things. [...]
Remembering Storage Magazine
Posted by Stephen in Computer history, Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 12. Dec, 2008 | View 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 revenue with its [...]
Hello from Storage Decisions Chicago
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal on 13. May, 2008 | View Comments
I arrived in beautiful Chicago today for the Storage Decisions show at the Hilton here. What a great event this is – loads of interested and committed storage users and some of the best minds in the business get together to talk about how we all do this thing we call storage!
I was glad to [...]
