Aptare backup management & capacity planning
I'm a judge for the Codie awards this year, so I'm getting to see some storage software that I might not otherwise. Today, Rick Clark, CEO of Aptare, demo'd their Backup Manager and Capacity Manager. I was impressed. Oh no, has Robin gone soft? Maybe. But Aptare has 3...
Magic in the OLPC
Most criticism of the One Laptop Per Child PC centers on the cost for what is a low-spec computer. As ASUS with its Eee machine is proving, a low-cost conventional laptop can be pretty powerful. But that misses the point. The OLPC is a fundamental rethinking of the...
Save Internet freedom – from telcos, for users
Mighty Google is worried about getting the shaft from telcos. Shouldn't you be too? Larry Downes imagines the worst Larry Downes' arguments against net neutrality are button-pushing propaganda designed to inflame, not illuminate. I expect better from a University of...
Why are the writers striking?
I gave up watching much TV about 20 years ago. Other than a general incomprehension of new popcult references from Seinfeld, Friends, Monday Night Football and such, I can't say I've missed much. If it is really good, like Band of Brothers, I buy it on DVD to support...
EMC’s Maui and everybody else
For some reason I volunteered to write something about vendors after the Wikibon con call today. That follows. Vendors: responding to EMC's cluster storage initiative Context: EMC's support of cluster storage for archiving and backup will legitimize the technology....
EMC’s Maui and the future of clustered storage
Here's an invite to a Wikibon Peer Incite discussion I'll be leading Tuesday, 11 December. Call in on Skype and listen and ask questions. EMC's AR and competitive analysts will be there. Shouldn't you? If you aren't hip to Wikibon it is worth checking out. Here's the...
Brocade’s ex-VP of HR convicted – &
The SF Federal Attorney is 2 and 0 on these backdating prosecutions. Stephanie Jensen, former VP of HR, said she didn't know what she was doing was wrong, but the prosecution noted that she cautioned staffers not to email about it. The jury took a day to return a...
Internet video’s performance/quality vise
Internet video is about where film was 100 years ago I was talking to a company who will be announcing a video infrastructure solution when the CEO mentioned something he called the "video performance/quality vise." Here's the problem: a video stream requires both...
Google thinks I’m a virus
Google is sorry I do a lot of research on the web using Google. Starting early last week I started getting these Google error messages: The search term was "gutenberg" as in Gutenberg Bible. This is happening 5-10 times a day. I enter the captcha and I'm on my way....
Storage is power
Not "knowledge is power" or "information is power." If you can't store it, search it and retrieve it, you've got bupkis, friend. Massive storage is a double-edged sword And we'll be forever in sorting it out. Cases in point from the Volokh Conspiracy a legal blog: A...
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