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It’s Podcast “All Change” In IT

By On March 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In podcasts

Last week we heard about the death of NekkidTech, Greg Knieriemen‘s follow-on podcast vehicle after leaving the InfoSmack fold.  After only 23 episodes, this format of podcast is over and I hear that something new may be coming this week.  InfoSmack itself seems to have evolved and is [...]

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Dell to Acquire 3Par

By On August 16, 2010 · 4 Comments · In Featured, Storage

There’s nothing like a bit of surprise (ish) tech news to generate an off the cuff quick post; here’s today’s tidbit.  Dell are to acquire 3Par.

Clearly the Farley Curse has struck again and for a mere $1.15 billion Dell plugs another gap in their storage portfolio.

Let’s face it, Equallogic [...]

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Storage Monkeys Poll – Thanks!

By On August 25, 2009 · 4 Comments · In Uncategorized

Thanks to everyone who voted for me on the Storage Monkeys poll.  I managed 2nd place which is a fantastic improvement from my 10th of last year.

It appears that there’s a new poll to vote on – over at StorageRap, Marc Farley is looking for votes in StorageBlog Idle.  So, [...]

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Storage Predictions for 2009

By On December 23, 2008 · 6 Comments · In Uncategorized

It’s the end of another year and of course time to the obligatory posts on predictions in the industry for the next 12 months. True to form, I’ve spent some time thinking and here are my top 5 ruminations for the coming year.

EMC join SPC. EMC will finally have the epiphany we’ve all been [...]

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Thin Provisioning or Good Practice, which is best? There’s only one way to find out – Fight!

By On November 25, 2008 · 4 Comments · In Uncategorized

Marc Farley makes some interesting comparisons to storage purchasing decisions in a recent post. For the sake of disclosure, I do go to Costco and buy in bulk – no not 200lbs of chicken wings, but those things that can be divided and/or frozen (like salmon and coffee) – and more crucially things [...]

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You Sunk My Battleship!

By On November 11, 2008 · 6 Comments · In Uncategorized

I spent some time today with the good folks at 3Par, as offered by Marc Farley a few posts ago. It was good to get more of a background on the product and also see what’s happening in the future (although I can’t talk about that!).

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Fast Food Storage Provisioning

By On October 1, 2008 · 2 Comments · In Uncategorized

Yesterday I discussed beating the credit crunch by getting your house in order. This was picked up my Marc Farley over at StorageRap and he posted accordingly. Marc, thanks for the additional comments, I will be reviewing the diagram accordingly based on your thoughts.

Moving on, think to yourself does [...]

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Off The Grid

By On August 19, 2008 · 5 Comments · In Uncategorized

I’ve been on holiday for the last week (sunning myself and the family in Cyprus). I had no Internet access – not even TV! Although I had no laptop (or Blackberry this time) I did take my iPod Touch, now configured with the mobile version of NewsGator. As I’ve mentioned previously, I have [...]

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