by Claus Mikkelsen on July 23, 2011
So it’s time for that all-too-rare vacation to somewhere. I’ll undoubtedly trigger an out-of-office message that says I’ll not be checking email, voicemail, or any other kind of “mail”, but probably will sneak in an occasional digital-check, if I can. That said, I’ll also be traveling in places where electricity, much less wireless, should ever be assumed.
by Claus Mikkelsen on July 20, 2011
I’m sure many of you have seen EMC’s latest product announcement, the VMAXe. It’s basically a “mini” VMAX which makes the name rather oxymoronic (VMAXmini?), I think. But I’d like to use that announcement to point out a basic difference in the storage strategies of our two companies.
by Claus Mikkelsen on May 27, 2011
First, let’s get rid of some old business.
In some interesting timing, my last blog post questioned the future of Moore’s Law. The date of my post was April 26th. On May 5th, Intel announced the 22nm 3D tri-gate transistor, which will be available in their upcoming Ivy Bridge chip in the second half of this year.
by Claus Mikkelsen on April 26, 2011
My last blog, “Binary”, covered our recent Geek Day (Blogger Day) outside of London and some of our observations surrounding them. This time I’ll be covering another event: the recent Spring SNW in Santa Clara, down the road from HDS. The event occurred two weeks ago, but I want to bring up a subject that surfaced in my presentation, and I’d like to pose this to the wider audience here.
by Claus Mikkelsen on April 4, 2011
I just returned from a great couple of days outside Windsor in the UK. Our HDS offices are at Sefton Park just a few miles away, in Stoke Poges, which in turn is outside Windsor. Got it? If you haven’t been there, it’s a must see in a beautiful setting. I’m actually a little late getting this post out since the UK trip was followed by a short vacation, which in turn was followed by a few mountains of email and other such obligations.
by Claus Mikkelsen on February 28, 2011
There was an interesting phenomenon occurring a decade or more ago.
SAN’s and Open Systems were in their heyday (still are, but much changed) and everyone was rushing to update their skills and get certified for this and that, including myself. Those were fun times (and still fun, in my mind). This was also the time that the sage analysts, consultants, and media were proclaiming the mainframe was dead and was totally un-cool. End of debate.
by Claus Mikkelsen on November 24, 2010
It happens every year. I’m sure I’m not alone in wondering what happened to the summer. And now I’m suddenly finding myself planning Thanksgiving dinners (it’s a U.S. thing) and also finding myself surrounded by Christmas trees and shopping catalogs? Really. I mean REALLY!!! What happened here?
by Claus Mikkelsen on October 15, 2010
APEX: The pinnacle, the top spot, the crown. That’s a pretty tall order. Or perhaps a clever acronym for the Application Performance Extender from HP. Not such a tall order, actually.
by Claus Mikkelsen on September 27, 2010
It has certainly been a long few weeks (months!) getting ready for today’s launch of the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP), and although I should be tired, I’m more enthused than ever. Anyone who has ever launched a product knows the routine and the feeling, but this launch and its products are rare, as they combine a lot of the visions that we’ve had for years.
by Claus Mikkelsen on July 23, 2010
I’m currently in this very large silver tube hurtling from Tokyo to San Francisco. It’s that 10-hour flight that seems like 40 hours, especially when the person in front of me just jerked their seat back and almost snapped off my laptop screen. If you’re reading this, please, in the future, make that a gradual maneuver!!
Claus Mikkelsen
Chief Scientist
