virtualization Archives page 2 of 2 – Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat

May 19, 2012

Ten-Year Trend: Mobility

March 11, 2009 By Stephen 2 Comments

IT infrastructure is following consumer technology out of the glass house and into the wide world

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.

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Storage Decisions New York 2008 Feedback

September 24, 2008 By Stephen 5 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

Filed Under: Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage Tagged With: archiving, data archive, email, Email archiving, policies, policy, PST, seminar, Storage Decisions, storage virtualization, TechTarget, VDC-OS, virtualization, VMware

Chicago in May? Perfect for Storage Virtualization and Email Archiving Talks!

April 10, 2008 By Stephen Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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Why I Like Drobo

November 30, 2007 By Stephen 2 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? On [...]

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Building Virtual Infrastructure, Columbus OH

May 18, 2012

We’re taking my Building Virtual Infrastructure presentation to Columbus Ohio at the end of the month. Cool! I live in Ohio, and don’t get much opportunity to speak at events here. There’s also Backup Central Live! with W. Curtis Preston the next day, if you want to go to both!

Buying a New iPad? Get the Awesome, Unlocked Verizon Model!

May 15, 2012

I’ve always loved my Wi-Fi iPad, but the Verizon LTE iPad (third-generation) is too awesome to overlook. Apart from the “retina” display and voice dictation, the killer app is unlocked roaming on just about any carrier network. Yes, you can use your Verizon iPad Verizon iPad on AT&T, Vodafone, or even Verizon!

Making Sense of Global Mobile Phone Networks

May 14, 2012

The mobile phone network landscape is incredible confusing. I pulled together the following overview to help myself make sense of it, and I thought it might benefit my readers, too.

From Kipling’s Dirigibles to the Jet Age

May 13, 2012

I don’t get much chance to read for pleasure, but two things I’ve been reading recently spurred my imagination. After reliving the advent of modern transportation in the solid non-fiction Jet Age by Sam Howe Verhovek, I stumbled upon two pieces of speculative fiction from an unlikely source that predated everything presented there.

Building Virtual Infrastructure in New York City

May 11, 2012

Even though I grew up on the other side of the great baseball divide, I have always loved going to New York City. Next week, I return again, but this time I’m bringing a whole new event to the city: This is the first time the New York audience gets to see my Building Virtual Infrastructure presentation!

Who Will Support SMB 3.0, and Which Features Will They Support?

May 7, 2012

I’m really thrilled about the improvements Microsoft is making to the core SMB protocol in Windows Server 2012. But it won’t really matter if nobody but Microsoft supports the new protocol. So I like to call out to all the enterprise storage vendors: Let me hear your support for SMB3.0!

SMB 3 is Going to be Huge, in both Scope and Impact

May 6, 2012

Microsoft is about to release the third major revision to their ubiquitous network storage protocol, SMB. Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V 3 will really highlight this technology, and I predict it will transform the way people think about networked storage for Windows systems. But SMB 3 is big in another way, too: there are tons of new features, and not all will be implemented by everyone.

What’s the Difference Between a Jailbroken and an Unlocked Phone?

May 5, 2012

If you’ve traveled much, you’ve probably run across “unlocked” mobile phones and devices. If you own an Android or iPhone smart phone, you probably also heard about “jailbreaking”. It seems like lots of people are confused about these two things, so I decided to write down a quick post explaining them.

IBM Edge2012 – Orlando

May 4, 2012

IBM has really stepped up their game this year, and they will highlight all this at their upcoming storage technology conference, Edge2012. I’m really looking forward to seeing what IBM Edge is all about, and I’ll be attending and speaking at the event in June.

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