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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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Category Archives: Hardware
If you use Flash Storage, do NOT miss this Storage Unpacked Podcast!
Just a very quick post today… I don’t often write blog posts either responding to, or recommending things, as I usually just fire them out on Twitter or [..]
It’s a Geek Life! HDD Watch Review
So, why an HDD watch review on a tech blog? Well, I’m not a “watch guy”, meaning I don’t have a collection of 50 varying and expensive watches, [..]
Dell finds $67Bn down the back of the sofa – what to do with it? Buy EMC of course!
This is just a quick post as I should be concentrating on VMworld right now, but (obviously) all everyone is talking about at the event is the momentous [..]
And now for something completely different… British Gas Hive Smart Thermostat Review
Having recently had the Hive smart thermostat system installed in our house by British Gas, I’ve been asked by a handful of people subsequently as to whether it [..]
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