Archive for August, 2009
Clouds adopt CTAM?
Posted in Software, Storage Best Practices, Storage Economics on August 26th, 2009 1 Comment »
Back in the mid-1980’s I ran a data center for a military electronics contractor, and our R&D center was in the middle of the Mojave Desert near the China Lake Naval Weapons Center. We had 9-10 VAX systems, a dozen or so early SUN and Apollo UNIX, and older systems that I cannot even remember [...]
Mid-Market Data
Posted in Storage Best Practices, Storage Economics on August 12th, 2009 3 Comments »
Tracing back through Aprigo’s blog, and this recent article from IBM on mid-market data and growth etc…. the premise is that data growth is not on vacation just because the economy is slipping around. Data growth tends to have a mind of its own and is not directly impacted with economic conditions.
Cash for Clunkers, meet Clunkers for CAPEX
Posted in CAPEX, Storage Best Practices, Storage Economics on August 5th, 2009 3 Comments »
My 23 yr old son called last week, and his long-awaited planetary alignment had occurred. We had a 10 yr old truck, which was eligible to trade in for US$4500 towards a new, fuel efficient car. I like it when my government will help me buy a car. Anyway, this old truck with the old [...]
