Harvard Economics Professor Mankiw in a recent blog cited US government stimulus spending and the concepts on a non-measurable metric. This is an interesting read, as well as this counter viewpoint on how economics is chuck full of non-measurable metrics. The basic argument for un-employment and statistical achievements is summarized in his statement “You can [...]

In this second blog on the topic of DAS economics, we can outline one dimension of comparison and that is total cost of acquisition, or TCA. It seems obvious that DAS storage architectures have a lower TCA than SAN-based pooled or enterprise storage. The unit cost of direct attached storage is much lower at the [...]

Well there has been lots of exciting new from HDS and our worthy competitors the last few weeks on high-end architectures, clouds, virtualization, etc. While this is important to note, I’d like to focus my next few blog entries will be on a more basic storage architecture, Direct Attached Storage or DAS. Many people have [...]

Perhaps you have seen these types of carbon footprint calculators. Without travel, I generate 4.1 tons per year of C02. With my travel, my footprint goes up to 31.5. Yikes! It is interesting to note that 1 gallon of gas produces 20 pounds of CO2, while my domestic and international flights generated 0.6 pounds of [...]

Back around 4-6 U.S. presidents ago, the concept of Voodoo Economics emerged, which are simply economic ideas that seem attractive but that do not work effectively over a period of time. The time period and the theory supported supply-side economic principles, and the reduction of corporate and individual tax rates to spur the economy.

A colleague sent me this interesting article from Chris Preimsberger while at SNW (I was not able to attend this year) about the CEO of Symantec telling enterprises to stop buying storage, and better utilize what they already have. He offered 4 key technologies (to invest in with the money you are not spending on [...]

Our government is talking non-stop about transparency and accountability, as it soothes fears around budget spend and government interventions. I would like to plug these same 2 qualities in terms of storage management and cost controls. If it sounds like I am trying to lobby for a coveted government post (I am caught up on [...]

After a nice week of vacation, I am back in the UK working with a few of our strategic accounts. As the economy and CAPEX pressures continue to dominate the IT planning discussions, the message around ‘doing more with what you have’ tends to resonate much better (and higher up the org chain).

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allows companies tax incentives for capital investment through 2009. Companies can write off 50% of the cost of new equipment immediately instead of following the usual depreciation schedules. That’s good for cash flow, but many companies may not have the cash/credit to make this kind of investment, especially in [...]

We now have a formal home for all things related to economically superior storage architectures.
www.storageeconomics.com (or http://www.hds.com/go/storageeconomics/)