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Friday, October 5th, 2018 Dont Stop Learning Expand Your Skills Experiences Everyday #blogtobertechDont Stop Learning Expand Your Skills Experiences Everyday including moving beyond or outside our current tradecraft focus area. If you are an expert in a field or given focus area, learn something new about an area outside your expertise or comfort zone. ...
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Monday, October 1st, 2018 Next Generation Hybrid Software Defined Data Infrastructures Are In Your Future #blogtobertechA few weeks ago I was invited to present a keynote at the 1st annual Minnesota VMware User Group (VMUG) Super VMUG mega event in Minneapolis titled Next Generation Hybrid Software Defined Data Infrastructures Are In Your Future (download ...
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 Server StorageIO 2018 VMworld Data Infrastructure Buzzword Bingo PuzzleFollowing up from last years 2017 crossword puzzle for travel fun, here is the Server StorageIO 2018 VMworld Data Infrastructure Buzzword Bingo Puzzle (click on the below image for PDF version that includes answers). The Server StorageIO 2018 VMworld Data Infrastructure Buzzword ...
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2018 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX 7000 Kinetic Based Data Infrastructure ArchitectureDell EMC today announced with a tag line IT Unbound their new PowerEdge MX 7000 Kinetic Based Data Infrastructure Architecture slated for general availability September 21, 2018. Previewed earlier this year at Dell Technology World in Las Vegas, PowerEdge MX 7000 ...
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Friday, August 17th, 2018 Summer 2018 IBM Cloudy Software Defined Storage Announcements
Time for some catching up with summer 2018 IBM cloudy software defined storage announcements that were made earlier this week. The Share Event (Mainframe centric) is occurring this week in St. Louis. Thus, it is no surprise that it is time for ...
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2018 IBM announces new Power9 processor based E950 E980 server systemsIBM announces new Power9 processor based E950 E980 server systems.As a single server or node, the Power9 E950 supports up to four (4) CPU processor sockets each with multiple cores. An E980 system comprises up to four E950 based ...
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Monday, July 30th, 2018 July 2018 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter
Volume 18, Issue 7 (July 2018)
Hello and welcome to the July 2018 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter.
In cased you missed it, the June 2018 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter can be viewed here ( HTML and ...
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Monday, July 30th, 2018 Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates
Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates
Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates continue to expand feature, functionality, service capabilities of the public cloud providers capabilities across various geographies.
Recent AWS updates include Snowball Edge (SBE) that adds local, ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 Broadcom buying CA, Brilliant or a Brainbuster?
Broadcom buying CA, Brilliant or a Brain buster?
For some in the IT industry as well as financial markets, there is skepticism about Broadcom (formerly known as Avago) making an announcing that they are buying CA Technologies (CA) for ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 AWS Snowball Edge SBE Converged Cloud Storage ApplianceAWS Snowball Edge SBE Converged Cloud Storage Appliance
As part of extending their cloud platform reach, recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) announcements include AWS Snowball Edge SBE Converged Cloud Storage Appliance. Snowball Edge (SBE) has evolved from its previous focus as a data transfer, ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 Google Cloud Platform GCP announced new Los Angeles RegionGoogle Cloud Platform GCP announced new Los Angeles Region
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has announced a new Los Angeles Region (e.g., uswest-2) with three initial Availability Zones (AZ) also known as data centers. Keep in mind that a region is a ...
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Monday, July 23rd, 2018 2018 Hot Popular New Trending Data Infrastructure Vendors to Watch2018 Hot Popular New Trending Data Infrastructure Vendors to Watch
Here is the 2018 Hot Popular New Trending Data Infrastructure Vendors To Watch which includes startups as well as established vendors doing new things. This piece follows last year’s hot favorite trending ...
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Monday, July 2nd, 2018 Dell Technologies Announces Class V VMware Tracking Stock exchange for stock or cashDell Technologies Announces Class V VMware Tracking Stock exchange for stock or cash.
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Summary of Dell transaction announcement includes:VMware declares an $11 Billion USD cash dividend pro rata to all VMware stock ...
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Saturday, June 30th, 2018 June 2018 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update NewsletterVolume 18, Issue 6 (June 2018)
Hello and welcome to the June 2018 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter.
In cased you missed it, the May 2018 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter can be viewed here (HTML and PDF).
In this issue buzzwords ...
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