A Concrete Reason Macs Beat PCs: Intel VT
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history, Terabyte home, Virtual Storage on 07. Aug, 2009 | View Comments
There is a lot of FUD flowing between Apple Macintosh true believers and the rest of the PC world. This is especially true now that Macs use Intel CPUs, NVIDIA chipsets and graphics, and so much more commodity PC parts. Lots have argued that a Mac is just an expensive PC with a flashy case [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
WeFollow: The Passive Twitter Directory
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Enterprise storage, Virtual Storage on 16. Mar, 2009 | View Comments
Kevin Rose announced the availability of an interesting new service at the March, 2009 South by Southwest festival: WeFollow is a passive, user-generated twitter directory.
The genius of WeFollow is that there’s not account to create and no complicated setup. You simply send a tweet to @wefollow with up to three hashtags and your account is [...]
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.
Storage Decisions New York 2008 Feedback
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 24. Sep, 2008 | View Comments
Key takeaways from my Storage Decisions New York 2008 sessions: segment email archives, get legal involved on retention policy, consider the impact of VMware VDC-OS
Chicago in May? Perfect for Storage Virtualization and Email Archiving Talks!
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal on 10. Apr, 2008 | View Comments
Ever been to the TechTarget Storage Decisions conference? It’s my favorite trade show, since it’s totally focused on end users – instead of being a product showcase, Storage Decisions is all about what real people need to do with their enterprise storage infrastructure. Sure, there’s lots of technical product talk, but none of the speakers [...]
Why I Like Drobo
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Terabyte home on 30. Nov, 2007 | View Comments
There has been lots of talk about the Data Robotics (aka Drobo) SOHO “storage robot”
– whoever they have doing their marketing deserves a raise! When I first heard about it, I was pretty puzzled – Why care about yet another storage enclosure, especially an overly expensive one that doesn’t even have NAS features? [...]
