What I’ve Learned From Vendor Blogging
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 21. Jan, 2010 | View Comments
Concluding my series on vendor bloggers, I present my own experiences wearing multiple hats and trying to remain credible.
My 2009 IT Industry Predictions
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history, Enterprise storage, Everything, Personal, Terabyte home, Virtual Storage on 24. Dec, 2009 | View Comments
Predictions are perilous: Get it right and you look like a mere trend-watcher; get it wrong and you look like a fool. So I’m doing something different this year: I’m going to make predictions for 2009 now that it’s over, and reflect on just how smart I am (not) to have made them.
The Great Tech Field Day Drobo Sale!
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Everything, Personal, Terabyte home, Virtual Storage on 17. Dec, 2009 | View Comments
The Drobo is a bit pricey, especially the newly-released Drobo S and Drobo Elite models. I offer a solution: Data Robotics was kind enough to arrange a special Tech Field Day Drobo sale, allowing each delegate who chooses to participate offer their own discount code!
Quad-Core 27″ iMac: First Impressions
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal, Terabyte home on 24. Nov, 2009 | View Comments
Last week I bought my third (modern) Mac, a new Core i5-powered 27″ iMac desktop. My new iMac has become a video editing workstation, running Apple’s Final Cut Studio software to process the video footage from Gestalt IT’s Tech Field Day. The massive display and speedy quad-core CPU and graphics continue to impress: This new iMac is a keeper!
Drobo Goes Sideways and Slantways With the Drobo S and Drobo Elite
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Terabyte home, Virtual Storage on 23. Nov, 2009 | View Comments
Data Robotics has doubled the size of their product line, adding two new Drobo storage devices alongside the existing Drobo (version 2) and DroboPro, which I’ve previously written about.
