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Dell Ends 10-year Reseller Relationship With EMC

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Administrator

Big news in storage today: computerworld.com: Dell ends 10-year reseller relationship with EMC EMC Revenue $5 billion in Q3 2011

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Personal Jet Aircraft Details

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Administrator

The dream of a $800,000 dollar new personal jet died with the bankruptcy of Eclipse Aviation in 2008. Marketeers even changed the name of the category from “Very Light Jet” to “Personal Jet.” A few patient buyers did get 85%-complete, … Continue reading →

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Silicon Valley Codecamp 2011

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Administrator

Silicon Valley Codecamp 2011 was held this weekend at Foothill College near San Jose. There were 209 sessions and 3,414 registered attendees. I did not attend, but have seen some of the talks at other conferences in the past year. … Continue reading →

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Oracle Supports Hadoop

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Administrator

Block diagram of Oracle’s Big Data Appliance I can certainly see why Oracle database customers would want to know Oracle’s Hadoop support story. It remains to be seen how well Oracle can cooperate with the Apache Software Foundation and Open … Continue reading →

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Netflix and Cloud IT

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Administrator

I recently did some technical consulting for Netflix. I can say that they are really, truly committed to cloud IT, per their public pronouncements. Most large companies are still just dipping a toe in the water, so it’s significant that … Continue reading →

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