There have been some rumors floating around regarding the viability of Cisco’s UCS in the market and whether Cisco will continue with it. My take is that we are talking about a generation 1.5 product and as anyone in technology knows, newcomers to a vertical always have to make a land grab, even if you are …
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This isn’t my first blog post to ponder this question (“Dear Mr. CIO…”), and I’m sure it won’t be the last. I experienced something this past week that has me thinking about the answer from a new perspective. I’ll begin by stating that I have aspired to be a CIO since the start of my …
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It’s exciting to see more and more organizations really buying into the idea of a utility computing data center (a “private cloud” to you marketing-speak aficionados). One of the issues regularly being raised when they do convert is how to properly show costing back to business units when they wish to deploy new applications. I’m working with several …
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For the third year in a row, Integrated Data Storage has been named to the Crain’s Chicago Fast Fifty list, coming in at #13. After receiving the great news, I sat down with Matt Massick, our CEO, and Alan Dorrian, our Chairman and Founder, to discuss why and how IDS continues to grow and move …
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There has been a lot of news this week regarding the RSA breach in March, which has apparently led to an attack on defense contractor’s Lockheed Martin and L-3 Communications. Immediately following the negative press, RSA’s President Art Coviello issued an open letter stating that they have already reached out to “high risk” customers for remediation. For all other customers following best practice guidelines, RSA says they …
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