Bruce Backa's thoughts on technology and life

Microsoft Sneaks Out A Winner

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:52:10 GMT

Microsoft Windows Home Server looks like a winner. The right features and a right price.

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The mystery of the missing bits in Europe

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:15:19 GMT

The amount of storage on corporate networks in Europe is dramatically less than in North America. How can a Europeans run their companies with only a fraction of the information used in North America?

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Keep your eye on the money

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:48:51 GMT

In a world of a thousand details, it's easy to lose track of the forest. Sometimes we have to remember to step back and look at the big picture.

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The value of allocating costs

Thu, 24 May 2007 14:14:04 GMT

Cost allocation is the most effective way to moderate the growth and cost of storage.

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Beware of Vista

Tue, 01 May 2007 14:02:34 GMT

For some reason Microsoft has decided to change its implementation of the CIFS protocol.

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This year's themes

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:40:04 GMT

Industries and technologies move in synchronous waves. We all experience the same macro-economic cycles, and each of us can only buy what is currently offered for sale. This means that at any given time most companies are in the same place relative to issues in technology.

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Beware of Microsoft Vista

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:01:02 GMT

While Vista has some benefits, it has important shortcomings as well. For those us of concerned with storage and storage management, these include: "It doesn't work at all."

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Compliance? What compliance?

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:52:50 GMT

Last year compliance was the thing everyone talked about. It's a year later. What got done? Not much...

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Santayana's Rule

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:29:47 GMT

Those who refuse to learn from the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.

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Paradigm Shift #1

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:18:50 GMT

As time and technology progress we often have to change the way we do things. This applies to storage management as much as anything else. Today's storage managers need to be prepared to make several paradigm shifts.

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DIstinguishing between health and risk

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:52:14 GMT

Often storage managers look at their empire one-dimensionally. Since the environment is more complicated than this, one-dimensional thinking can often lead you down the wrong path.

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What happens on the last day?

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:21:03 GMT

Many companies have dropped tape in favor of on-line archiving. But their strategy has no end game. Where will they end up?

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How much does junk cost?

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:51:29 GMT

It is universally accepted that a lot storage is filled with unneeded or inappropriate files and yet, we act as though this doesn't matter. Or does it?

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How do you back up 750 terabytes of data?

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:06:58 GMT

The amount of online data continues to grow. What do you do when the numbers get really large?

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Our naked emperor - data security

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:12:44 GMT

The industry has still only given lip service to data security. Hopefully this will change.

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One topic from the CES

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:15:31 GMT

The Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas provided plenty of food for thought... how about keeping all your data in your cell phone?

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Built right, or built wrong?

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:21:56 GMT

Choosing the right technologies can be a matter of life or death. Why, then, are so many people committed to using the wrong process?

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Where's the money?

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:54:45 GMT

Remarkably, few storage administrators analyze the cost elements of what they're doing

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The new economics

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:16:11 GMT

Many organizations continue with historical activities long after they have become uneconomic.

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Virtualization's hidden costs

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:03:55 GMT

While everyone touts virtualization as the solution to all our problems, like everything, it comes at a price.

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When a process fails over and over, change it!

Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:15:29 GMT

A rant about the Red Sox and managment

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