Back From the Pile: Interesting Links, January 14, 2011

This regular series features highlights from the week. It was another big one for me, with my Network Computing writing gig starting up, the announcement of my Storage for Server Virtualization seminar series, and the finalization of Tech Field Day for February.

• Things I wrote
  • I kicked off my new Network Computing column with this one: Ethernet Has A Goldilocks Problem (and here’s a response: Network Convergence: More than Just 10 GbE)
  • TSIA! Is PCIe SSD right for you? Deploying PCI Express SSD devices
  • I haven’t written for Silicon Angle in a while, but thought this was best there: From Scale-Out to Big Data to the Cloud
  • Will You Be At The ExecEvent? I will, and it’s just two weeks away!
  • Sometimes you have an idea: The Three Requirements To Overcome Inertia
  • I’m Open-Sourcing My 2011 Storage For Virtual Environments Seminar! So now I Need Numbers!
  • Apple Breaks ICS Calendar Auto-Subscription In iOS 4.2
• Other great links
  • Derek Schauland asks the eternal datacenter question: Where can I plug in?
  • Brandon Carroll documents that Solarwinds Install is Easy as Pie!
  • I love Greg Ferro’s Network ZEN, but this week’s was especially awesome: Network ZEN: A Switch
  • Nigel Poulton puts together some amazing storage content. Case in pout: VMAX vs VSP
  • Seriously, Google? Google stripping support for H.264 video out of Chrome
  • The most-scary WordPress article I’ve read in a long time: Why You Should Never Search For Free WordPress Themes in Google or Anywhere Else
  • Howard Marks takes on a topic we discussed last time I was in New York: More on Advanced Erasure Codes
  • Top Five Storage Technologies for 2011 <- Good guess!
  • The only insanely great thing to come out of CES: Breakthrough device of CES 2011: Motorola Atrix = Phone + PC
  • I love words 20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words from Around the World

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