Tech Field Day, if you hadn't heard, is my signature event. I bring together a great group of independent "delegates" to meet with interesting IT product vendors. As you might expect, after three years and 34 events, many of our vendors have gone on to bigger and better things. After seeing today's acquisition of Xsigo by Oracle, I decided to go back and look at how many of our … [Read more...] about Where Are They Now? A Tech Field Day Presenter Retrospective
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Storage Field Day 1 – Silicon Valley
I've been organizing Tech Field Day events for three years, and I've been in enterprise storage for far longer. So it's kind of surprising to realize that I've never hosted a Field Day focused on enterprise storage! That changes this month, with Storage Field Day on April 26 and 27. The delegates and presenters are all in order, and it's really an amazing event. Don't get me … [Read more...] about Storage Field Day 1 – Silicon Valley
The Spectrum of Vendor Blogs
As companies discover blogging and social media, a spectrum of vendor-oriented blogging emerges: Some are more or less open about where they work, some focus on common technology, and others work in marketing. Companies must strive for openness in social media, and bloggers are wise to keep these considerations in mind as they move to new companies! The Vendor Blogging … [Read more...] about The Spectrum of Vendor Blogs
Toot toot: Ten Tips For Smarter Email Archiving Whitepaper
The other day, I mentioned that a whitepaper I wrote for Quest Software was adapted into an article for Enterprise Systems Journal. If you'd like to check out the original whitepaper, it is available online at Quest's web site (registration required). I'm also putting together a list of all the articles and whitepapers I've written. Kind of the ultimate toot toot list! … [Read more...] about Toot toot: Ten Tips For Smarter Email Archiving Whitepaper
Toot toot: Ten Tips For Smarter Email Archiving
Swing on over to Enterprise Systems Journal to check out an article I wrote with Ron Robbins of Quest Software on the top ten best practices for email archiving. This was based on a whitepaper I wrote for Quest, and I'm pretty happy with how it came out. … [Read more...] about Toot toot: Ten Tips For Smarter Email Archiving