Randy Kerns
Confusion over storage consolidation — Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns
Storage consolidation seems to be a simple concept. If you reduce the number of storage systems, you benefit from fewer devices to manage, less space required, and less power/cooling demands. Yet there is confusion over exactly what the term storage consolidation refers to. The confusion comes from some vendor messaging and what IT storage professionals .... continue reading
Advent of modern storage — Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns
Storage systems are undergoing important changes. New systems are becoming available that are both sophisticated and make storage “simple.” Simple is mainly a euphemism for automating many complicated tasks that administrators had to deal with before, but there’s a lot more to this than just automation of tasks. There are modern architectures where the underlying .... continue reading
John Webster
Why ‘big data’ is here to stay — Data-driven Blog by John Webster
Eight years ago, a friend and I were researching a book we would later call “Inescapable Data – Harnessing the Power of Convergence.” We were after an understanding of what kinds of new information one could produce by blending data of different types and from different sources — GPS data, combined with RFID, combined with .... continue reading
The promise of VDI: Are we there yet? — Data-Driven Blog by John Webster
My wife works for our local school department as an IT support specialist assigned to the town’s largest elementary school. Like many U.S. elementary schools, kids and teachers use a variety of personal computing devices, including PCs, notebooks, and now tablets. (Everyone wants to use these ’cause they’re way cool.) Keeping this veritable Noah’s ark .... continue reading
Camberley Bates
The slow adoption of new storage technology- WHY? — blog by Camberley Bates
Over the last few months during our education courses and conferences, one topic kept coming up – the conservative nature of Storage Architects and Administrators (no – I am not talking Limbaugh or politics). Storage, in comparison to other technologies, seems to move slower than a snail on a cold California day. There seems to .... continue reading
Proofs, validations and statistics, blog by Camberley Bates
Last week we had the privilege of training a group of sales people. In part of the training the students assumed the role of the end user during vendor presentations. The purpose was to gain a deeper understanding of the customer’s issues. When we debriefed we asked: “What did you experience when you took on .... continue reading
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