A little bit of everything in the world of IT
At NetApp Insight 2016, I introduced a SaaS-based platform for metadata management and intelligent insights for unstructured data to many attendees while working at the Veritas booth and at a breakout session later in the event. That solution, Veritas Information Map, is now in its third year on the market. SaaS-based metadata management platforms are…
@rnelson0 The Friday Haiku Is Back This Feels Like Cheating
This is the first of a series of posts about information management. My plan is to write a series about managing information from a business and technology perspective, and not just how to reduce storage based on bits and bytes. Many studies have been performed which report that over 50% of business data does not…
For vDM30in30 this year, I had planned on writing a quality blog to get things kicked off in a nice fashion. Unfortunately, travel delays and work commitments took up most of my time over the last few days. Then I remembered that Eric Wright (@discoposse) said one of the posts could be about vDM30in30 itself….
A very good Twitter friend posted today about his first four years in IT. I met Rob Nelson at the Indy VMUG in 2014 and we’ve been communicating back and forth since. If you haven’t checked out his blog, you MUST! It’s a wealth of information that is 75% over my head, but I enjoy…
In my role as Information Governance Architect, I often have recurring meetings with many of my clients. I have one such meeting today with a new client who has already informed me that they are having massive data growth issues and are at risk of data loss. I think back to a similar client a…
When I bought my first car I didn’t have much money to spend so as a lot of teenagers do, I bought a “beater” car for less money than I’ve spent on one tire on my newest car. It did what I wanted it to do at the time; get me from point A to…
My idea for today’s post is about trying to decide between investing training in new skills and expanding on the skills you already have. I am going through this right now. I have a long history with Microsoft products and only recently started working with VMware. I do have to admit how much I love…
I am a published author. When I was writing my first book I thought I would take great pride in saying that. I also thought I was going to make some pretty good money. The money part didn’t happen, and while I do take pride in the fact that I am a published author I…
When I bought my first computer at the age of 13, my career aspirations never came into mind. I will admit that I knew from a very early age that I never wanted to be a programmer. I rage quit all of that when I would type in programs from the back of my computer…