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Dell, Wall Street, Magic Beans, and the End of EMC

September 7, 2016 By Stephen 1 Comment

As of today, EMC Corporation is no longer an independent company. Who thought we would see this day? From now on, EMC is simply a brand for parts of Dell's Infrastructure Solutions and Services businesses. This marks a major shift in the enterprise storage world, for IT, and perhaps for American business in general. Investors Are Happy with Magic Beans? I have been … [Read more...] about Dell, Wall Street, Magic Beans, and the End of EMC

Free as in Coffee – Thoughts on the State of OpenStack

May 2, 2016 By Stephen 1 Comment

Last week I headed to Austin, Texas to attend the semi-annual OpenStack Summit there. Along with the usual socializing, I was looking to understand the current state of the technology: What does OpenStack really mean these days, and where is it going? Let's start with "free". As "the Internet" is quick to point out, this critical word has multiple meanings, and corporate … [Read more...] about Free as in Coffee – Thoughts on the State of OpenStack

Doodling on the Value of EMC, VMware, and Dell’s Offer

October 12, 2015 By Stephen 2 Comments

Dell and EMC announced today that they have reached a deal to combine, taking EMC private and retaining control of VMware. But this transaction is complicated by EMC's 80% stake in VMware. Let's consider the value of that substantial and important holding and what it means for the Dell offer. How Analysts Value EMC Stock According to TREFIS, EMC's value is split between … [Read more...] about Doodling on the Value of EMC, VMware, and Dell’s Offer

Adding a Second Ethernet Port to an Intel NUC via Mini PCIe

June 5, 2015 By Stephen 14 Comments

As I mentioned in my previous post about Raspberry Pi power monitoring, I recently built a VMware vSphere "datacenter" from three Intel NUC mini PC's. One limit of the NUC is that it has just one Ethernet port. But there's a Mini PCIe slot inside the fourth-generation NUC that can be used to add a second Ethernet NIC! Here's my story. A Bit About the Intel NUC … [Read more...] about Adding a Second Ethernet Port to an Intel NUC via Mini PCIe

Automated UPS Monitoring for vSphere with NUT and Raspberry Pi (Cheap!)

June 3, 2015 By Stephen 9 Comments

As many folks following me on Twitter have noted, I've been building quite a nice vSphere "datacenter" lately. Part of this build was integrating UPS monitoring and automatic shutdown, and I'm pleased with the result. I'm using a Raspberry Pi connected to two UPSes via USB as a NUT server and have installed a native ESX version of upsmon to monitor and react as UPS events … [Read more...] about Automated UPS Monitoring for vSphere with NUT and Raspberry Pi (Cheap!)

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