Hooking up in the cloud
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no…. it’s cloud storage! This week marks the beginning of my journey into cloud storage – and I expect this journey to be incredibly interesting, with many things to learn...
View ArticleNew storage soap opera gets rave reviews
EMC’s introduction of VFCache this week and the sudden mutual slamming of Fusion-io is classic storage theater. We should all enjoy the moment as an online event featuring technology marketing as...
View ArticleSpeed excites, but how about cool, tight storage?
In 2011, Fusion-io disrupted the enterprise storage industry with their high-performance PCIe flash memory cards. EMC responded this week announcing its own VFCache product. Suddenly there is a hotly...
View ArticleSome gigabytes are worth more than others
Getting clarity on the cost and relative worth of enterprise technology has always been a challenge because of the complex environments and diverse requirements involved. For every good question about...
View ArticleDoing their very best to stall cloud storage
The annual trip to storage Mecca occurred this week with EMC World in Las Vegas and from what I could tell from 500 miles away in San Jose, things went according to plan. Lots of people came from all...
View ArticleOracle buys Xsigo to boost Sun ROI
The announcement this week of Oracle acquiring Xsigo did one thing: it put the focus of enterprise computing back onto Oracle for a brief moment. A number of excellent posts were written on it,...
View ArticleMy Ubuntu epiphany – that old Dell lives again
I’ve always been a Windows user. I’ve never had problems finding the apps I needed to get the job done – and that includes audio and video production, so I’ve stuck with it and Windows has treated me...
View ArticleNespresso bliss coffee tech
There are many ways to bliss out on coffee in this world and my newest favorite way to do it is pictured below, the Nespresso Pixie. The Nespresso makes terrific shots of espresso that you can have...
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