Symantec to split – finally!

Multiple outlets are reporting that Symantec (SYMC), which bought storage software leader Veritas for $10.6 billion in 2005, is soon to break itself up into a security company and a storage software company. SYMC segments their business into User Productivity &...

Reconstruction almost complete

Like reconstructing Leeloo from the Fifth Element, with no Milla Jovovich. Or a replacement drive in a RAID set. This has been a busy week, but not with research and blogging. Busy fixing the blog instead. WordPress 4.0 broke the StorageMojo theme. The themesters came...

Friday hike blogging: Brins Mesa

I frequently hike the Brins Mesa-Soldiers Pass-Jordan Trail loop, but Wednesday Qing wanted to shake things up. So once we made the top of the mesa we turned north and hiked another mile and about 500 feet higher. That took us to the edge of the Mogollon Rim. On top...

EMC’s “Federation” meme is so dead

With reports from the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times that EMC has been shopping itself to HP, Dell and perhaps Cisco and Oracle (pretty please!) it's clear that the "EMC Federation" concept has cratered. Why did it take so long? While an activist investor...

Friday hike blogging: Chicken Point

Got up at 6am last Sunday and headed off to the Broken Arrow trailhead. There are several possible loops but so far I've stuck with the longest one around Twin Buttes. It's about 6.5 miles with over 1300 ft of total vertical, so it's a decent workout. Lots of great...

Friday hike blogging: Brins Mesa

With family visiting I only got out once this week: a 3 hour hike on the Brins Mesa, Soldiers Pass, Cibola and Jordan Trail's loop. It's a favorite: bracing vertical; much variety; not too many tourists (usually); and, of course, fabulous vistas. We're just coming to...