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Truth in Storage: The Next Generation – Announcing My 2014 Seminar Series

February 3, 2014 By Stephen Leave a Comment

This year for my Truth in IT seminars, I’m shifting away from virtualization to focus on enterprise storage once again. But this won’t be any ordinary “storage 101” seminar. Rather than trying to talk about every element, I’m focused on what’s new! Next-generation storage technologies are here, from the smallest startups to the established players. For 2014, I’ll focus … [Read more...] about Truth in Storage: The Next Generation – Announcing My 2014 Seminar Series

Microsoft’s Big Chance to Change

August 23, 2013 By Stephen 4 Comments

Big changes are coming to Microsoft. The company that dominated computing in the 1990's and hung on through the 2000's is on the precipice today. Will they fly or fall? Big News: Steve Ballmer Is On the Way Out As I'm sure just about everyone has heard by now, Microsoft announced today that Steve Ballmer will retire "within 12 months." This is fantastic news for … [Read more...] about Microsoft’s Big Chance to Change

Microsoft: Kill the Craptops Before They Destroy Windows!

January 7, 2013 By Stephen 33 Comments

Release after release, Microsoft pushes Windows forward. Yet the operating system is continually undermined by the "value-focused" low-end machines pushed by the majority of OEMs. This race to the bottom has tarnished Windows for a decade and now threatens to derail Windows 8. Microsoft must do something to stop the crap before it's too late! Attack of the Craptops The … [Read more...] about Microsoft: Kill the Craptops Before They Destroy Windows!

Samba 4.0 is Released with Full Active Directory and Updated SMB Support

December 12, 2012 By Stephen 1 Comment

Yesterday, the Samba team released Samba 4.0, the culmination of almost a decade of work to create a full open source Active Directory server. Samba is the software that powers many Windows-compatible NAS devices, and the release of Samba 4.0 puts us all on a path toward SMB2 and SMB3 support! Introducing Samba Samba is an open source implementation of the Microsoft … [Read more...] about Samba 4.0 is Released with Full Active Directory and Updated SMB Support

Why You Should Never Again Utter The Word, “CIFS”

February 16, 2012 By Stephen 35 Comments

Let me put on my “grumpy old storage guy” hat for a moment: CIFS is not the network storage protocol used by Microsoft Windows, and many other clients. CIFS is dead, and has been for many years. The protocol used to share files over a LAN by the majority of personal computers is called SMB. I wish everyone in the industry would get that through their heads. Dear marketers: If … [Read more...] about Why You Should Never Again Utter The Word, “CIFS”

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