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Dell Storage Forum Tweet of the Day – we need your help! |
If you are in Orlando for the Dell Storage Forum, you are eligible to participate in the Tweet of the Day contest. Just do what you would normally do at a conference – tweet your thoughts, observations, etc. Use the … Continue reading
The Dixie Chicks are Reuniting at the Dell Storage Forum |
One of my big passions is building community. If you know me, or have read this blog for any length of time, you know I tend to wax poetic at times about the size and the importance of the storage … Continue reading
HOWTO: Convince your boss to send you to the Dell Storage Forum
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Can you believe there are only NINETEEN DAYS until we all meet up in Orlando for the Dell Storage Forum? We’re starting to get things ready. To help get in the spirit, be sure to come vote in the Caption … Continue reading
What its really all about – getting social at Interop
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I think Stephen Foskett said it best in this post: “We are social people, and nothing beats meeting someone face to face.” Last week, Interop and EMC World were held in Vegas. (You can check out my review of Interop … Continue reading
Interop – week in review
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I had a great time at Interop. I loved being there as part of the Dell Storage team. I loved reconnecting with old friends. I attended many sessions on cloud and storage. I posted some of my (mostly) unedited session … Continue reading
Interop Session – Object-based storage – the next step |
Here are my (mostly) unedited notes from the panel about Object-based storage. Vanessa Alverez also hosted the panel. The panelists included representatives from Cleversafe, Amplidata, Caringo, and Rackspace. Question: Intros, and describe object-based storage Amplidata: they do OOS – Optimized … Continue reading
Enterprise Cloud Summit @ Interop session: Optimizing Hybrid Cloud Communication |
Short notes from panel “Optimizing Hybrid Cloud Communication” that happened during the Enterprise Cloud Summit at Interop. Panel moderator was Hooman Beheshti from Strangeloop Networks. Panelists included Steve Riley from Riverbed, Amir Khan from Juniper, Steve Shah from Citrix, and … Continue reading
Enterprise Cloud Summit @ Interop session: Understanding big data |
Here are my (mostly) unedited notes from the session Understanding big data by Bradford Stephens and Jeremy Edberg. What is Big Data? When you have so much info on 1 machine that you can’t get to it When it took … Continue reading
Interop Session – FCoE vs iSCSI – Making the choice |
(Mostly) unedited notes from Stephen Foskett’s Interop session. And yes, FCoTR was mentioned! Converging on convergence Data centers rely more on standard ingredients What will connect the systems together Drivers of convergence Virtualization Demanding greater nw & storage IO I/O … Continue reading
Enterprise Cloud Summit @ Interop – Linking Private and Public Clouds
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These are my slightly edited session notes. The session was led by Margaret Dawson from Hubspan. The session started by showing slides from a 2005 prezi about access/firewalls/access based on trust models are already blurring If you are using a … Continue reading