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The IBM Edge conference is June 10-14 in Las Vegas, Although the conference is held in Las Vegas this year, the sessions should bring enough expert material to divert mainframe storage managers from the gaming tables. Although mainframe isn't the primary focus, the Technical Edge agenda offers considerable...
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Thu, May 9 2013
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Wrapping up my coverage of the 2013 IT Security and Storage Expo in Belgium, I noticed some interesting things in the other booths. The EMC booth had a whiteboard so that clients could do some one-on-one collaboration. All of their cocktail waitresses were wearing sharp pin-stripe coats with matching...
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IT Storage 411: Inside Systems Storage by Tony Pearson
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Fri, Mar 29 2013
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Filed under: ibm, storage, NetApp, HDS, EMC, Linux, Windows, I.R.I.S.-ICT, Belgium, Expo, FreeNAS, STS, AIX, Fortinet, Hitachi, Aerohive, Data ONTAP, Solaris
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Continuing my coverage of the IT Security and Storage Expo in Brussels, Belgium, we had a nice reception Wednesday evening. Clara handed out Ceasar Chicken salads. Joelle handed out small rolled up pieces of duck. Ilsa is an IBM expert in System x, VMware and the PureSystems family on hand to help with...
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Wed, Mar 27 2013
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Continuing my coverage of the IT Security and Storage Expo in Brussels, Belgium, we had some great storage solutions on display at the IBM and I.R.I.S-ICT booth. Here my IBM colleague Tom Provost is showing the front of the "Smarter Office" solution. The second photo gives the view from behind...
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Wed, Mar 27 2013
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Continuing my coverage of the IT Security and Storage Expo in Brussels, Belgium, here is my post on the presentations I gave during the week. There were four presentations each day. Of the five rooms, I was assigned one room in which to give all of my presentations, room 3. My room was quite large, with...
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Tue, Mar 26 2013
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It has been a while since my last blog post for IBM Storage Community, but just recently I read Steve Jobs, The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson…wow, talk about inspiration! It made me think of what Emulex and IBM are doing together and the strategy we have of making great products greater...
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Say the word "infrastructure" at Strata conference and you hear people start talking mostly about software. One of the biggest lessons I learned at the conference was that no one really cares about the hardware that "big data" sits on. Now, I am probably the biggest proponent of the...
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The Storage Alchemist
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Fri, Mar 15 2013
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Filed under: Storage, IBM, Data, Cloud, Virtualization, backup, big data, PB, open api, cloning, TB, network attached storage, Data Protection, Replication, snapshots, strata
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One of my favorite shows is Criminal Minds . I think most people that are like me, like those sorts of crime shows. However, I like Criminal Minds, and being in the data business, I like how Penelope Garcia has access to a TON of data that helps her help her team to solve crimes. (And yes, I know it...
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Well, it was Tuesday again, and we had quite a lot of announcements here at IBM this week! Over 1,800 clients attended the [ Live February 5 webcast ]! The announcements were all part of IBM's SmartCloud Storage portfolio. Here are the highlights: STN7800 Real-time Compression Appliance Back in October...
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Wrapping up this week's theme on the future, fellow blogger David Spark has a great post on his SparkMinute blog titled [ 20 Brilliant Minds on the future of Hyperconnectivity ]. ( What does this have to do with Storage? When IBM got back into networking in a big way, they had to decide whether to...
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I had an interesting query about my last blog post [ Enterprise Systems are Security-Ready ], basically asking me what I decided to do for Full-Disk Encryption (FDE) for my laptop. Earlier this year, IBM mandated that every employee provided a laptop had to implement Full-Disk Encryption for their primary...
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My October blog post [ New IBM PureData Systems help clients harness data for critical insights ] included a video on Enterprise Systems being "Data Ready" for analytics. That was the first of a series of videos I filmed in Austin. Here is the next in the series, a [ YouTube video ] focused...
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Mark your calednars! The dates are now official for IBM storage-related events in 2013. I know many of you plan your travel budgets early in the year, so I hope this will help you plan accordingly. [ IBM Pulse 2013 ] will be held March 3-6, 2013, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Back in 2008, I...
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Last week I presented at an event for Storage Magazine in the famous London Tower Bridge (shown here) It was a fabulous venue. Dave Tyler, Editor of Storage Magazine for the UK gave a presentation that talked about the "buzzword bingo" vendors play with clients when trying to sell them storage...
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I hope all of my American readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! The day after Thanksgiving is "Black Friday", the unofficial starting data for shopping for upcoming holiday presents and decorations. The Monday after that is now often referred to as "Cyber Monday", where many...