It's been a slow week (the holidays) and a crazy one. I've started pouring out the thin provisioning series, with 10 posts so far, as well as launching a new video "talk show" about enterprise IT. And I've got a new post over at SearchStorage, too. Whew! My State of the Art Thin Provisioning series Storage is Not Getting Cheaper Thin Provisioning: Attacking Storage … [Read more...] about Back From the Pile: Interesting Links, January 7, 2011
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Talking Cloud Storage Gateways With Nasuni and Cirtas
I've got a new video podcast up and running: Raising the Floor is a series of discussions about the future of enterprise IT. I kicked the series off talking about one of my favorite topics: Cloud storage. I invited two excellent guests to join me for this conversation: Josh Goldstein, VP of Marketing, Cirtas Andres Rodriguez, Founder and CEO, Nasuni It was a pretty … [Read more...] about Talking Cloud Storage Gateways With Nasuni and Cirtas
How To Stream Any Size Podcast to an iPhone, Even Over 3G or EDGE!
Ever see that screen? You want to download a podcast from the iTunes Store on the iPhone, but you can't. It's over 20 MB, so it's off limits. Surprise! There is a way to stream any podcast of any size to the iPhone, even over EDGE, with no hacking required! Although Apple and the wireless providers limit downloading to 20 MB, they allow streaming files of any size. This … [Read more...] about How To Stream Any Size Podcast to an iPhone, Even Over 3G or EDGE!
Review: Blue Snowball USB Microphone
Over the last year I've really jumped into recording podcasts, from InfoSmack to the VMware Communities Roundtable. Since I work out of my home office, I'm also an avid audio and video conference user. I've long suffered listening to the inaudible and miserable microphones used by so many others, but my own gear wasn't much better. Wanting better sound, I upgraded my Logitech … [Read more...] about Review: Blue Snowball USB Microphone
Join Me At CloudCamp Columbus, June 30, 2009!
I'm really looking forward to joining the CloudCamp "unconference" movement, and will be heading to Columbus, Ohio, at the end of this month for my first Camp! … [Read more...] about Join Me At CloudCamp Columbus, June 30, 2009!