Questions about “big data”

I’ve been watching the “big data” discussion happen in a variety of circles, with a slightly cynical concern that this…

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Where RIM went wrong

(Quick note: I posted this on my personal blog – insufficient coffees thus far this morning, and decided to repost…

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Auditing should be done only by the experts

I’ve said it before – auditing should only be done by the experts. I first realised this when a security…

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Arrays, auto hot-spot migration and application performance tuning

I’m not a storage person, as I’ve been at pains to highlight in the past. My personal focus is at…

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How indispensable is your company?

A wise man once said in a meeting: If you want to see how indispensable you are, stick your finger…

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Technology is not the solution

Earlier in the year, I wrote a post, “Technology is rarely the issue“. In that post, I said: As techos…

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Adherents to the Repeated Meme

How often have you heard these two memes? “Tape Sucks” “Tape is dead” Oh it just goes on and on,…

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Did NetApp jump the shark?

If you’re not familiar with the term jumping the shark, you might want to read up on the history of…

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Partner is not a dirty word

I periodically see indignant tweets and comments by people that if you sell something to a client, then you’re at…

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Technology is rarely the issue

One of the stories I sometimes hear from companies is that some technology X doesn’t work in their environment because…

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