What’s All This About Cloud Storage? Ask Me At Storage Decisions
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 15. Sep, 2009 | View Comments
Next week I will be returning to Storage Decisions after missing the last few in 2009. Although I’ve presented at dozens of TechTarget’s storage shows, this will be the first time I will be representing a vendor (Nirvanix) with a show floor booth.
Although my dislike for certain aspects of trade shows (especially booth babes and [...]
Changing Times Demand Focus
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 02. Apr, 2009 | View Comments
Corporate IT is at a crossroads. The financial crisis has had a massive impact on budget priorities: Do more with less is the message of the day. But how can this be achieved?
Challenges for Enterprise IT
I’ve spent 15 years focused on the business of IT, with a special interest in data storage, since it makes [...]
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.
A Seat At the Table
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage on 16. Aug, 2007 | View Comments
One of Mr. Toigo’s readers posted a thoughtful question about why IT isn’t more strategic in their thinking. I started writing this as a comment there, but it got longer and longer and I liked it more and more, so I put it here instead!
I think this lack of strategic thinking is a reaction [...]
