Beat That

Beat That

It took me nearly twenty years to earn my Master's Degree in Computer Science. I started in 1987 and finished in 2006. Can you beat that? Why write about it?  ...
Centera and SAP

Centera and SAP

It may not occur to the average student of the storage industry that SAP and Centera go well together.  After all, SAP systems are highly transactional (e.g. frequent database changes), ...
XAMtastic Challenges

XAMtastic Challenges

The first version of EMC's XAM software developer kit (SDK) is now officially available.  In addition to Mark's post on the subject, here's another link to a site that puts ...
Window into the Decision

Window into the Decision

One of the more interesting discussion points about CLARiiON is the fact that it runs embedded Windows XP inside.  I've had several readers ask me about this, and I've also ...
An Innovative Month

An Innovative Month

There's a bit of a buzz going on in the developer community at EMC these days. Actually it goes beyond just the developer community. It has to do with the ...
Digital Arrest

Digital Arrest

As I was digging out from email upon my return from vacation, there was an EMC press release that caught my eye.  Seattle's King County District Court (KCDC, as opposed ...
A Career In Radio

A Career In Radio

The phone on my desk has one of those digital displays that prints out the name of the internal EMC employee that is calling me. I can see who is ...
The Parity Jammer of Death

The Parity Jammer of Death

The qualification of CLARiiON has always included a set of quality software suites that induced just the wrong event to occur at just the wrong time. Originally called the Disk ...