Archive for October, 2010
It’s simply astounding to me that the Storage business is the hottest, sexiest, most talked about sector of tech these days. I feel like a geek Hugh Hefner. Who would have thought that those of us relegated to the bottom of the basement would suddenly be the ...
Ever hear the expression ‘spending good money after bad’? It happens constantly in business. From the board of directors down to the line level manager, people stick with their “people” (and often non-people) decisions WAY too long–even when it is obvious that this path is doomed. Worse, ...
As I mentioned last week, what was going to be just a quick chat with Dave Hitz of NetApp about some of the big trends, challenges and needs in data centers extended somewhat; the link to the second installment of the conversation can be found here. In this section Dave ...
"Facilitating the initial seeding as well as accelerated recovery in backup SAAS solutions are key considerations for end-user adoption," said Lauren Whitehouse, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group.
via Imation Partners with Nine Technology on Cloud Disaster Recovery System - Data Storage from eWeek.
"Overland scored with this deal--MaxiScale had some awesome technology. I'm glad it will finally be able to see the light of day," said Steve Duplessie, founder and senior analyst at analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group.
via eChannelLine USA - Overland Storage buys MaxiScale for scalable NAS technology.
Riddle me this. What happens to the $billions of product that gets shipped to end-users from the docks of massive desert warehouses, when the end-user decides–“we really don’t need to own this big iron anymore–we’ll just rent it.”
And what happens when they say–“I hate managing license compliance ...
We all talk about server virtualization like it has been around forever. The fact that just about every IT vendor has fully embraced server virtualization and has marquee marketing and sales campaigns based on its massive success is hard to ignore. And why not, when you have companies like VMware ...
"The Greenplum Database software stores a large amount of structured data in [a] format that allows queries and other access methods to complete much faster than if this 'big data' was stored in a traditional relational database," Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Brian Babineau told eWEEK.
via EMC Moves into Big Database ...
Microsoft and partners announced a series of new mobile phones yesterday. The new phones are based upon Windows 7 which replaces the more antiquated Windows Mobile OS.
This announcement places Microsoft in an unfamiliar spot, the “hot seat.” Everyone is pressing Microsoft on how its Windows 7 phones ...
Governments are very much like large enterprises–they provide services like education, health care and security to citizens with their revenue coming from taxes. Citizens are the customers and also the shareholders of the government.
If the government is inefficient, all citizens pay–both as customers, paying high prices for ...
