Check out different mediums of storage throughout the years and the capacities they held. Maybe not as far back as punch cards, but since tape (especially for backups) trying to stuff more data in a smaller foot print has been around for a long time. Hope you enjoy.

Anything that upsets IT process is a big deal. It is important, as IT investigates new technologies for the data center, that to truly add value and provide a true ROI, the new technology must not impact all of the existing processes that are currently in place.

I have said it before and I am sure I will say it again, "The hardest thing to change in IT is not technology, it is process."

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It is an interesting time we live in. In a world where high-tech meets social networking things can run on the hairy edge of information leakage or brand management, especially in a public company. However, during 2008 and 2009, when big companies were trying to figure out what to do within the ‘social media’ fray, I was working at EMC and EMC did a fantastic job of embracing social media and using it to their… Read more »

I find myself in a true quandary. First, I have true admiration for my good friend and fellow blogger 3Par Farley and never feel comfortable being on the other side of the coin from him. Second, I find myself agreeing, to a degree, with Jon Toigo (who still uses crazy permalinks and considers Novell a serious storage player. What is up with that?).

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Users and Vendors alike have always had skepticism around capacity optimization and different points throughout history. The key, for end users is to be able to answer the questions:

What are you doing to my data? - This is directly related to availability and data integrity. If you can't ensure the customer will always have access to their data and it will be 'their' data then there is an issue.Whatever you do to my data… Read more »