Steve Duplessie Archives – Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat

February 11, 2012

Back From the Pile: Interesting Links, February 18, 2011

February 22, 2011 By Stephen Leave a Comment

It was a busy week, with Tech Field Day 5 posts coming fast and furious. Now we are on to planning Wireless Field Day, coming in mid-March!

Filed Under: Enterprise storage, Everything, Personal, Virtual Storage Tagged With: big data, China, Cisco, cloud computing, coffee, digest, Drobo, Druva, Greg Ferro, Greg Knieriemen, HP, Infosmack, Marc Farley, Matthew Norwood, Momentus XT, Nexus 1000v, SAN management, Seagate, Sonia Lelli, Steve Duplessie, StoreOnce, Symantec, Tech Field Day, The Register, Xangati

Back From the Pile: Interesting Links, October 22, 2010

October 24, 2010 By Stephen Leave a Comment

This week’s links focused on the MacBook Air, and Iomega’s USB 3.0 SSD. On the enterprise side, we have HP’s new training programs, server virtualization assumptions, the rise of the storage industry, and another great piece by Chris Evans.

Filed Under: Apple, Enterprise storage, Everything, Virtual Storage Tagged With: Apple, Chris Evans, digest, Greg Ferro, HP, Iomega, MacBook Air, Mark Bowker, SSD, Steve Duplessie, USB 3.0

Back From the Pile: Interesting Content From the Week of May 2, 2009

May 4, 2009 By Stephen Leave a Comment

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 [...]

Filed Under: Everything Tagged With: 3PAR, Amber Road, Apple Mail, Back From the Pile, backup, Brocade, CapGemini, Chris Evans, Chris Mellor, Chrysler, Cisco, cloud computing, data backup, Dave Donatelli, EMC, Enterprise Storage Strategies, ESS, Ethernet, Fred Wilson, Gestalt IT, Gmail, Google, Greg Knieriemen, IBM, IMAP, Iomega, iPhone, iStat, Jerome Wendt, licensing, Marc Farley, Micah Baldwin, Nirvanix, non-compete, NPR, Planet Money, podcast, Steve Duplessie, Storage Monkeys, StorCenter, Sun, Sunshine Mugrabi, tape, The Apple Blog, The Register, TheInfoPro, Tony Asaro, Twitter, UCS, venture capital, VMware, vSphere, W. Curtis Preston

Spring Storage Networking World 2009, Here I Come!

April 6, 2009 By Stephen Leave a Comment

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 [...]

Filed Under: Enterprise storage, Personal Tagged With: Beth Pariseau, Carter George, consulting, Dave Simpson, DMX-5, EMC, ESG, George Crump, Gestalt IT, Howard Marks, Hu Yoshida, IDC, Jerome Wendt, Nirvanix, SNW, Steve Duplessie, travel, Wikibon

Consulting Is A Perilous Business But Credibility Is What Matters

March 26, 2009 By Stephen 4 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. [...]

Filed Under: Personal Tagged With: 3PAR, analyst, Chad Sakac, consulting, credibility, EMC, life, Marc Farley, marketing, Ocarina, PR, Steve Duplessie, Sunshine Mugrabi, trust, VMware

Remembering Storage Magazine

December 12, 2008 By Stephen 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 [...]

Filed Under: Computer History, Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage Tagged With: Alan Radding, Byte, Darryl Brooks, Dennis Martin, Jerome Wendt, Jim Damoulakis, Jon Toigo, Marc Farley, Marc Staimer, Mark Schlack, PC Magazine, Randy Kerns, Rich Castagna, Rich Friedman, Richard Scannell, Steve Duplessie, Storage Magazine, TechTarget, Tom Halfhill, Tony Prigmore, W. Curtis Preston

Hello from Storage Decisions Chicago

May 13, 2008 By Stephen Leave a Comment

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 [...]

Filed Under: Enterprise storage, Personal Tagged With: Arun Taneja, Chicago, Enterprise Strategy Group, Greg Schulz, Jon Toigo, Mark Staimer, Steve Duplessie, Storage Decisions, Storage Magazine, TechTarget

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Preview: Two Thunderbolt Video Input and Output Devices from Blackmagic Design: Intensity Shuttle and Intensity Extreme

February 10, 2012

I was thrilled to see the announcement by Blackmagic Design of two Thunderbolt versions of their respected Intensity video input/output box. But which is the better choice, the Intensity Shuttle or Intensity Extreme?

Teaching Science with Wi-Fi (Thanks, Ruckus and MetaGeek!)

February 10, 2012

As a parent, especially a techie one, you never know when a teachable moment is going to appear. Last night, I mentioned that I was testing a new Ruckus access point and enthused about how fast it was. My 12-year-old asked, “why is it so fast?” This led to a wonderful discussion about radio waves, congestion and propagation, and spectrum licensing. Yeah, I’m that kind of dad.

Review: Das Keyboard Model S for Mac (and Why I’m Sending It Back)

February 8, 2012

Make no mistake, the Das Keyboard Model S for Mac is a whole class better than the plastic junk most people use, and the snappy Cherry MX blue key switches are more rewarding than any scissor or membrane keyboard out there, but this is no IBM Model M, so buckling spring fans should look elsewhere.

EMC VFCache (aka “Project Lightning”) Is One Small Step, But an Important One

February 6, 2012

EMC VFCache (née Project Lightning) is a fairly simple offering: A server-based PCIe flash card that acts as a read cache with no integration with storage arrays or hypervisors. But EMC’s entrance into the host-based flash storage market is a powerful demonstration of the wave of disruption caused by flash-based storage and high-performance computing.

Nimbus E-Class: The First Big, Redundant, All-Flash Enterprise Array

January 31, 2012

The new Nimbus Data E-Class comes just at the right moment, with 500 TB of capacity, a fully redundant “dual active” controller architecture, massive performance (even InfiniBand), and complete feature set (once VAAI is released).

How My Blog Became Infected With MW:JS:150 Malware (And How I Fixed It)

January 26, 2012

This week, two blog readers let me know what Google Chrome was warning them of malware on my blog. I dived in and discovered that, indeed, a nasty, obfuscated JavaScript attack had made its way into my site. Although I was disappointed by the lack of clarity about how to fix it, I believe I was able to remove it last night.

Cheap, No-Contract 4G Data: Clear’s Undocumented Daily- and Weekly-Pass Plans

January 23, 2012

Although Clear clearly wants buyers to sign up for monthly service, they also have “secret” on-demand 2-hour, daily, and weekly plans. Here’s how to get online cheap!

HP’s Mighty Stumble

January 19, 2012

HP stumbled mightily in 2011, and it had nothing to do with product or people. Even sales remained strong, though the PC business is changing. HP’s mighty stumble was a crisis of confidence due to a chain of shenanigans at the very top. This culminated with the short reign of Léo Apotheker, leaving HP to reassure the market of its strategy.

Why Should Anyone Take Dell Seriously in Enterprise Storage?

January 16, 2012

For a massive IT company, Dell sure doesn’t get the kind of respect given their competitors. Time and again, I’ll hear the sneers about Dell being little more than a “box shifter” who doesn’t “get” real enterprise IT needs. After a series of acquisitions in storage and networking, Dell is trying to stake a claim as a serious competitor to HP, IBM, Oracle, and the like. But why should anyone take Dell seriously, especially in enterprise storage?