A rather bold title I realize but one I think I can back up.... Personal Experience -- I was often the one who got excited about technology that would drive change within my department. The more time I spent with those that would be affected the better things went over. Recent Meeting #1 Paraphrase -- … Continue reading Driving Change without Relationships = Impossible
Links and Whatnot, Take #2
As Calfo mentioned, it's been a bit of an odd week....lots going on but I'm finding it hard to come up with a coherent single topic for a blog post. Given that, let's launch into the 2nd edition of "Links and Whatnot". 😉 NDA's and Beta Programs -- we're starting another round of beta programs … Continue reading Links and Whatnot, Take #2
Career Scalability
Most of us in the IT field are very familiar with the concept of scalability -- often we'll think in terms of scaling up (add more resources into a single system) or scaling out (adding more systems into the mix and splitting up workloads). Recently I've been thinking of the concept of career scalability -- … Continue reading Career Scalability
Data-driven recommendations, please.
Crazy as it may seem, as a Technical Consultant I spend a good bit of time gathering data -- performance data, utilization data, configuration data...the list goes on. We even had a specific couple hour training session last Friday in Greensboro on some of the tools we should be using (thanks to Matt Hensley for … Continue reading Data-driven recommendations, please.
Managed Services = what exactly?
No, I'm not being facetious...I'm simply seeing this definition evolve before my eyes as I sit in various meetings (sometimes part of the discussion, sometimes just a fly on the wall). In the last several weeks, I've seen real interest in Managed Services in companies that range the spectrum -- large commercial, education, government, medical … Continue reading Managed Services = what exactly?
Dreaming Together
I've been spending much of the evening preparing for a "Technology Assessment and Roadmap" discussion tomorrow with a long-time Varrow customer....which served to remind me to what I like the most about my job -- sitting down with people, discussing business needs/goals, and helping them with figuring out how to get "there" from "here". Sometimes … Continue reading Dreaming Together
Scarcity in an IT world
While on vacation in Singapore recently, I took our boys out for a walk in the stroller to help my jetlagged wife get some sleep (we were visiting family on the other side of the world on vacation so were all in various stages of jetlag -- she was exhausted, they wanted to play). During … Continue reading Scarcity in an IT world
Varrow Madness!
Rather than re-summarize Jason's post, I'll just point to it... http://jasonnash.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/weve-gone-a-little-crazy-varrow-madness-2011-is-coming/ Suffice it to say, I'd be pretty surprised if you follow the virtualization space and don't know at least one of the names listed there (with more to come)....should be lots of good technical content. I also don't personally know of any other Carolinas-based … Continue reading Varrow Madness!
Storage Array High Availability in a SAN World
How high availability works on various storage arrays is something of an ignored topic in my experience (it definitely was during a customer-facing conversation earli this week....the inspiration for this post). During the sales process, there's usually a statement about "clustered heads" and "automatic failover" and the conversation then moves on. Let's dive into the … Continue reading Storage Array High Availability in a SAN World
Merry Christmas!
In lieu of my regular post (hopefully to increase from weekly frequency at some point), I'll simply wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Don’t forget the reason for the season (Luke 2:10-11)! If you don’t celebrate Christmas, then I wish you a very happy holiday season! After all, it's not like you need to be reading anything … Continue reading Merry Christmas!
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