A big part of my job is listening to smart people who know about storage, digesting what they say and reflecting on it, and then turning that into my own opinion. Then when I share my thoughts, they get distributed randomly to whoever I happen to be talking to. So why am I doing a blog? I figured that if I'm going to be having ideas and sharing them, I might as well collect them in one place.
Recently a group of NetApp managers tried to motivate their employees by betting that the team could meet a particular project milestone. If the team missed the date, the managers promised to dye their hair bright colors. (Silly hair bets...
NetApp recently released financial results, and according to one analyst, “It was a supersonic quarter.” Never mind the financial details – I think the more interesting question is: What’s going on? Why is NetApp Winning? (Those who like details can...
Sometimes numbers have a symbolic value beyond any real meaning they contain. Like when your odometer rolls over to a hundred thousand miles. Of course, it’s all arbitrary, since a mile is just a certain number of Roman soldier footsteps,...
I got a reader comment so perfect that it calls out to be shared: I'm not the most technical tool in the shed, but I read a lot, and I have been reading a lot about cloud computing – and...
I would and have already recommended this course to others because of the course material, instuction and especially the online presentation avoiding the need to travel to a training facility saving both time and money
