My friend W. Curtis Preston kicked off his Backup Central Live! event series earlier this year, and I was pleased to be able to attend in Santa Clara. Curtis has spent years educating IT pros about data protection, and let me tell you, although I’ve seen him present dozens of times, Curtis was really in his element here. He held the packed room enthralled, and the vendor sponsors I talked to were very pleased about the event!
Archives for April 2011
Back From the Pile: Interesting Links, April 1, 2011
This regular series features highlights from the week. My writing: Narrowcom To Unveil Wi-FiBASE-T vSphere 5 To Include vStorage API for Token Ring Integration DCIG Small Enterprise Storage Array Buyer’s Guide On Being a Squeaky Wheel (Where’s My Grease?) April Fools: Okay, We Give Up: Scientific American Teach Your Mom to Use the Internets, Search […]
April Fools 2011 Roundup
I love April Fools day. Like Halloween, it gives us all a chance to take ourselves a little less seriously and just have some fun. And the best April Fools pranks are those that point out real limitations in our thinking and mindset. That’s always been my April 1 goal: Why not combine Wi-Fi and PoE? And doesn’t the “giant iPod Touch” sound like a hoax?
vSphere 5 To Include vStorage API for Token Ring Integration
VMware shocked the world today, pre-announcing an important addition to the vStorage family of APIs found in their marquee vSphere family of products. The vStorage API for Token Ring Integration (VATRI) promises to ease the transition to converged networks featuring the emerging Fibre Channel over Token Ring (FCoTR) storage protocol. According to a recent report by The D’Plata Group, FCoTR is set dominate the enterprise storage market, and this integration is a confident step in that direction.
