Irreverence
Of SANiSAN and Sanisan
In an unlikely synchronicity of naming a NetApp business unit has the same name as a restroom cleaning fluid.[more...]
Speeding up Windows with SSDs
A report quotes a Sun staffer saying Samsung is talking to Microsoft about speeding up Vista solid state drive (SSD) data transfers.[more...]
Cisco not buying EMC
In a TV interview Cisco CEO John Chambers said Cisco is not looking to buy EMC, thus dashing the hopes of EMC stock speculators.[more...]
STEC's new storage partner is HDS
Two little STEC nuggets:-[more...]
Iomega best and worst
Popular Mechanics magazine ran some portable hard drive drop tests with four drives. The Iomega ruggedized eGo Camo (pictured below) reigned supreme surviving a 15 foot fall onto concrete and then being run over by a truck tire.[more...]
Law firm pays $9.5 million to get off Brocade backdating hook
Brocade says the ghoulish stock option backdating scandal cost it a merger with Cisco and $830 million in settlements, legal fees and merger benefits. That's a whole mountain of green.[more...]
Sym and XIV expectations
The speculation/expectation mills have ground out these snippets:[more...]
IBM SW helps brain recall everyday things it might forget
French phillosopher Rene Descartes said: "Je pense donc je suis," meaning I think therefore I am. IBM software called Pensieve has been designed to help people who can't think so well, a bit like: "Je m'appel Pensieve donc je suis."[more...]
