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Greetings, fellow humans! I'm a proud dad of two awesome kids, and my other love is Cloud! Working for 20+ years in tech has taught me 2 things; always have a backup and yes, it was the network! When I'm not working as CTO, AWS @SoftwareOne, I write blogs and occasionally do a bit of podcasting too...-
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Data Corruption – The Silent Killer (aka Cosmic Rays are baaaad mmmkay?)
If you have worked in the IT industry for a reasonable amount of time, you have probably heard the term bit rot, referring to the gradual decay of [..]
Software Defined Storage Virtualisation – How useful is that then?
Ignoring the buzzword bingo post title, storage virtualisation is not a new thing (and for my American cousins, yes, it should be spelt with an s! 🙂 ). NetApp [..]
Storage, Tech Field Day
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How often do you upgrade your storage array software?
Upgrades are scary! Having managed and implemented upgrades on highly available systems such as the old Sun StorageTech line of rebranded HDS USP/VSP arrays back in the day, [..]
Tech Startup Spotlight – Hedvig
After posting this comment last week, I thought it might be worth following up with a quick post. I’ll be honest and say that until Friday I hadn’t [..]
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