Replication and The Private Cloud

Replication and The Private Cloud

My last post about the new reality of shipping both storage hardware AND storage "files" (VMware virtual storage appliances) is a starting point for various conversations. I find replication to ...
Building Private Clouds

Building Private Clouds

Chuck's latest posts on private clouds, found here and here, have got me a little worried. I'm concerned that a large number of people might read his posts and assume ...
Object Cornucopia

Object Cornucopia

I was introduced to the world of object-based storage in 2003 when I joined the Centera team.  After spending a large part of my career building block-based technologies like CLARiiON, ...
Time-based Organization

Time-based Organization

I've been reading the blogs about office organization with some interest. People organize their offices based on how their brain works and what tasks they work on. Scott uses the ...
2008 Solar Stats

2008 Solar Stats

With over a foot of snow landing on my roof this past weekend I do believe my solar panels have generated their last watt of 2008. This was the first…
Contest News

Contest News

The flurry of activity from October's EMC Innovation Showcase seems like a distant memory, but I did receive an interesting email yesterday from Burt Kaliski (who works in EMC's office of…