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The Race to Five Buck Gasoline!
Correspond ent Bill Reising caught this gas price sign in San Mateo, CA. If you see the first $5 buck a gallon sign we wa
Gin and the Cognitive Surplus
I recently ran across this 15 minute clip of Clay Shirky talking about what he brillia ntly refers to as the cognitive su
Security Mindset
I have often thought about the mindset required to be good at the security game. I hang out with Duane Laflotte alot an
Beware of Microsoft Vista
While Vista has some benefits, it has important shortcomin gs as well. For those us of concerned with storage and storage
My March of 2006
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Bruce Backa's thoughts on technology and life

Beware of Microsoft Vista
While Vista has some benefits, it has important shortcomings as well. For those us of concerned with storage and storage management, these include: "It doesn't work at all."This weblog is sponsored by CriticalSites.
Santayana's Rule
Those who refuse to learn from the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.This weblog is sponsored by CriticalSites.
Paradigm Shift #1
As time and technology progress we often have to change the way we do things. This applies to storage management as much as anything else. Today's storage managers need to be prepared to make several paradigm shifts.This weblog is sponsored by Critic
DIstinguishing between health and risk
Often storage managers look at their empire one-dimensionally. Since the environment is more complicated than this, one-dimensional thinking can often lead you down the wrong path.This weblog is sponsored by CriticalSites.
What happens on the last day?
Many companies have dropped tape in favor of on-line archiving. But their strategy has no end game. Where will they end up?This weblog is sponsored by CriticalSites.
How much does junk cost?
It is universally accepted that a lot storage is filled with unneeded or inappropriate files and yet, we act as though this doesn't matter. Or does it?This weblog is sponsored by CriticalSites.
How do you back up 750 terabytes of data?
The amount of online data continues to grow. What do you do when the numbers get really large?This weblog is sponsored by CriticalSites.
Our naked emperor - data security
The industry has still only given lip service to data security. Hopefully this will change.This weblog is sponsored by CriticalSites.
One topic from the CES
The Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas provided plenty of food for thought... how about keeping all your data in your cell phone?This weblog is sponsored by CriticalSites.
Built right, or built wrong?
Choosing the right technologies can be a matter of life or death. Why, then, are so many people committed to using the wrong process?This weblog is sponsored by CriticalSites.
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