Don't move... Ever... No, really!
It's been slightly quiet here in my blog, but with a good reason. My blog is growing more and more important to me, but I've been busy with something that was even more important. I've moved. The...
View ArticleCloud computing. Up on cloud nine?
I started a small discussion on Twitter with blogger (actually blogster, but is that an official word?) Sunshine Mugrabi after she tweeted a link. This link contains the story about the state of...
View ArticleLegends don't die or fade away. Not even the ones about SAP and pagefiles
Some things just stay around. You can try to tell people that it's just not true, but they won't believe you, or they will just ignore of forget the things you tell them. One of the most heard things...
View ArticleIt's all about passion and being a geek!
I was sick for a couple of days and that got me thinking about my job and the fact that I am a geek. Yes, I admit it. I'm a geek! Or a nerd if you will. Not in the sense that I'm allergic to sunlight,...
View ArticleSCSI3 PGR: "Want support on Symmetrix? Reboot 500 Windows servers. Continued.."
Alan Shugart introduced something called the "Shugart Associates System Interface" or in short "SASI" in 1981, and created something that can now be called a commodity. He probably didn't realize back...
View ArticleStorage provisioning: Do you really really really need that much?
I received a link to an article where we can find an interview with Symantec's Mathew Lodge and their view on data deduplication. I couldn't help but noticing the following quote:According to a recent...
View ArticleComputer evolution: And we continue to wait.
It's all about waiting when it comes to computers. Let's take a short trip down technology lane and look back at "what was" back then. For me, it all started with a C64. My dad worked for a shipping...
View ArticleSymmetrix access control: When unique is everything but unique
So, youve got a million dollar storage box standing there and want to make sure that it's secure? Sure thing you want to do that! And you ask your vendor "What can I do?". One of the replies could to...
View ArticleLo and behold! The EMC community expert! Or something?
About two weeks back (Friday October 2nd to be exact), I received an e-mail from Erin Capellman. She's one of the people working for EMC and seems to be at least partially, if not even full time,...
View ArticleThe Kindle is coming to Europe! Hurray, so what..?
I was pretty psyched about the Kindle coming to abroad to Europe. First of all it means that we get a halfway decent e-book reader over here, and more importantly a lot of books in a format that is at...
View Article"You are an industry thought leader." Ehm, did you pick the right guy?
The title of this post was my first thought when I received the invitation to join the Gestalt IT Tech Field Day. To start off from the beginning, I'm a regular reader over at Gestalt IT. "So what is...
View ArticlePrepare to zjoin ze gestalt...! Or GestaltIT tech field day preparation.
As you may have read in my previous post I was asked to join the GestaltIT tech field days. Some people commented on the win-win fact for both the person attending, and the company presenting. And yes,...
View ArticleGestaltIT quiz: part 1/7 - What the Xsigo? Win an iPod Nano (among others).
Ok, so here is the deal. If you read my last two blog posts you will know about GestaltIT by now, and the fact that I will be traveling to San Jose in California next week. Part of the fun is to...
View ArticleGestaltIT quiz: part 3/7 - Symantec does storage? Win an iPod Nano (among...
Since I'm just posting a repeat post for this quest I'll try to keep it short. Again, with the links in this post you will have a new chance to win one of the prizes from the Gestalt Tech Field Day,...
View ArticleGestaltIT quiz: part 5/7 - Do the Drobo? Win an iPod Nano (among others)....
Ok, this is the last post when it comes to the prizes. Again, with the links in this post you will have a new chance to win (among others) an iPod Nano from the Gestalt Tech Field Day. What do you do?...
View ArticleGestaltIT Tech Field: Day 0 - It started with a haiku.
I'm back! And what a ride it was. But, let's start at the beginning, which in my case was November 11th. I needed to get up early to catch my flight from Frankfurt at 11:40. International flights will...
View ArticleGestaltIT TFD - Day 2: Wind instruments and data deduplication
Excuse me if I'm going back and forth in the GestaltIT Tech Field Days timeline, but I wanted to start the series of articles with a post of one of two presentations that made the biggest impact on me....
View ArticleGestaltIT TFD - Day 2: Top secret at Data Robotics?
So, during the afternoon of the GestaltIT Tech Field Day, we were invited to join Data Robotics for something that would turn out to be quite interesting. Since pictures say more than words I didn't...
View ArticleThe thing about certifications and flowers
A discussion on Twitter got me thinking about certifications. The discussion itself wasn't that new, but this was at least the second time I've seen the subject pop up, and more interestingly it were...
View ArticleI've moved -> basraayman.com
Or actually, my blog moved. I decided to purchase my own domain and moved my blogging activities to http://basraayman.com Hope to see you around on my new domain!
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