Storage Nation

Hopefully, some of the Xiotech folks have their ears on.  In response to my previous post questioning the marketecture around Flash SSD, one reader (Pq65) said that my commentary underscored Xiotech’s limitations in the sense that they (1) are closely tied to Seagate, which doesn’t have a Flash story yet, and (2) were not jumping on

For your viewing pleasure.  I debuted this movie in Chicago as a preview of my new and improved IT-SENSE.org site, launching soon…   Play the Movie Here

I have been buried getting ready for several upcoming events that will see me in Las Vegas, then Minneapolis, then New York, then Chicago, then…  Preparation involves developing a bunch of presentations, white papers, book chapters, etc.  Very busy…therefore slow to post.  That said, when I received this link today in email, I was so steamed, I

We’re finally back on line after (hopefully) rectifying a hack that had all of my web sites being redirected to places like Realtor.com, White Pages.com, etc.  I guess these companies pay someone to get their visitor numbers up by stealing traffic from other peoples’ sites.  It is annoying and wrong.  My wife, whose blog is also

NetApp’s Georgens said aloud the other day that automated tiering of storage is not the hot button that everyone is making it out to be.  As reported by Tech Target, Georgens maintains automated tiering is definitely overrated, although it’s being hailed as another “must-have” offering within a year or so due to the rise of Flash

Larry Ellison says he hates the term.  Interesting video here.  From his comments, with which I mostly agree, it doesn’t sound like the company is hot to pursue that model.

Especially in the wake of the recent incident at the Holocaust Museum in DC.  But, a video has been YouTubed by StorageDude portraying EMC CEO Tucci as the guy with the square moustache.  I have been peppered with emails today because my name is mentioned in the video which you can view here. Scarier still are