“Guru” is a term of respect, very much like “Sensei”, for a wise and honored teacher. Gurumurthy Iyer has the distinguished look and demeanor of a Guru, but he is also a hands on engineer. Mr. Iyer is the Senior Director of IS&T and Facilities at the Bangalore division of i2 in India. I recently […]

I was fortunate to be able to fly in and out of Heathrow for a two days of meetings. I say fortunate since the alternative is unimaginable if the latest terrorist plots had not been detected. I only missed one meeting on Thursday afternoon due to delays on disembarking at Heathrow, but all the other […]

While I was out of the country for the past two weeks a revolutionary phenomenon occurred on US television. It was the finale of the American Idol TV program. For those who have not heard about this program, it is the most popular reality show in the US. Auditions are held through out the country […]

The 2006 Winter Olympics is over and the next one will be in Vancouver in 2010. Some of the athletes who competed this year will return, but very few will be able to compete in a third Olympic. One of the most famous skiers in the world is Rosi Mittermeier of Germany who competed in […]

Recently I had occasion to speak at a reseller event. During the presentation I noticed one young lady who seemed to be listening intently to my every word, nodding her head whenever I made a point about TagmaStore technology. With this type of feedback, I felt sure I was really getting through to this audience. […]

The week between Christmas and New Years is a pretty boring time in the office. The few people that are in, take long lunches in between budget planning exercises. So I was surprised and excited when my blogging buddy, Jeremiah, told me that Robert Scoble and Shel Israel were coming over for Lunch, to talk […]

When I opened up my Feedreader today, I found that I had just been given a new distinction. I was voted the “Worst Corporate Blogger” by Anil Gupta on Network Storage. I was given this vote based on my blog on Where Should intelligence reside? I was trying to make the point that intelligence needs […]

The best part of my job as CTO of Hitachi Data Systems, is to meet with customers, developers, vendors, regulators, and analysts to share ideas and try to understand what is and will be required to store, secure, and access data. To gather this data I have become the unofficial Chief Traveling Officer for HDS. […]