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

This regular series features highlights from the past week.

• The MacBook Air was a major topic of discussion, but I focused on the storage side of things (predictably)
  • Apple Replaces Operating System DVDs with the Software Reinstall Drive
  • Unconventional SSDs: PCI Express Mini Card (Mini PCI-E)
  • Apple’s Unconventional New MacBook Air SSD
  • Apple signals disk free notebooks way to go
  • HDDs’ Burgeoning Capacities: Aspiring To Cut Off SSDs At The Knees (a counterpoint)
• Iomega is back with an external USB 3.0 SSD: Iomega Bundles Capacity and Performance in New External SSD Drive
• Chris Evans is tackling some serious enterprise storage “as a service” concepts. This week it’s Billing:Enterprise Computing 4 Pillars — Billing for Tiered Storage
• HP is showing some serious interest in attracting enterprise IT pros, and Greg Ferro tackles it in HP ExpertONE certifications announced
• Mark Bowker questions conventional wisdom regarding server virtualization in A Virtual Reality Check
• And finally, Steve Duplessie points out the amazing circumstances that made storage the talk of the town in Hey Baby, Wanna See My LUN?

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