Although the details have not been released, TechTarget updated its web site today with a list of events by region for 2009. My understanding is that, although the formats and locations are tweaked slightly, the user-focused character of their excellent Storage Decisions conferences and one-day seminars will remain. Some highlights from the calendar: The Storage […]
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My Holiday Gift Recommendation: Microfinance
Searching for the perfect gift this year? Allow me to make a suggestion: Give microfinance gift certificates from Kiva! What’s Microfinance? Imagine you are a motivated entrepreneur (maybe you are!) Now imagine you have an idea for a business, something you are so sure of that you would happily take out a short-term loan to […]
Remembering Storage Magazine
All things must pass, but it is with a heavy heart that I note that TechTarget‘s excellent Storage magazine has shipped its last issue. No official word has been posted by the company, but it is now widely reported. All print publications are feeling squeezed by a move to online readership which robs print of advertising […]
Toronto Seminar: Do Canadians Virtualize?
I’m off to beautiful Toronto, Ontario, Canada for tomorrow’s storage virtualization seminar. It will be very interesting to learn if there are differences between the two countries in terms of technologies employed or (more likely) business objectives served by server and storage virtualization technology. As I noted after my date with Charlotte, American companies are increasingly […]
Storage Folks Are Twittering
If reading blogs doesn’t give you your enterprise storage fix, there’s a new option in town: Twitter! Lots of the top folks in the enterprise storage community are now using the microblogging service, and a regular community has evolved. It’s really taken off over the past few months. If you’re interested in enterprise storage, here’s […]
