Work. By itself, the word “work” usually has a less than positive connotation. My brother is an artist. His work schedule is nowhere similar to mine; he works at odd hours when inspiration comes, he works intensely, and it is all positive. I like a more structured role as part of a team and I probably work more for money than my brother, but for me too work is positive. A fan of great people in Marketing, I have always liked what Debra Sandler said when she worked at Pepsi in the 90s: Why [work}? For technical excellence.… Continue Reading
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Top Silicon Valley company you wish you worked for
Work. By itself, the word “work” usually has a less than positive connotation. My brother is an artist. His work schedule is nowhere similar to mine; he works at odd hours when inspiration comes, he works intensely, and it is all positive. I like a more structured role as part of a team and I probably work more for money than my brother, but for me too work is positive. A fan of great people in Marketing, I have always liked what Debra Sandler said when she worked at Pepsi in the 90s: Why [work}? For technical excellence.… Continue ReadingDrobo in a land down under
I spent the end of the week in Australia, which is beautiful in the fall season. Can you believe it has been 30 years since the Men at Work song hit the airwaves and introduced us to the “land down under,” the old fashioned way (i.e., before YouTube)? I did not witness any man “chunder” while visiting Sydney as the well-known song would imply men do, but I did speak with many customers who are using Drobo business storage to back up and protect business data.
The discussions were very fitting, as it was just prior to World Backup Day.… Continue Reading
Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink
March is a busy month for special days. First Pi Day, now World Water Day today, March 22. My daughter’s Girl Scout troop worked to assemble over 3,000 meals this week for shipment to Haiti to help relief efforts there. Many places on our earth do not have water security, including many places where water shortages are chronic. It is said that armed conflicts in the future will be waged over control of access to water – we cannot live without it.
Networking and storage share principles with fluid dynamics in the way that data flows. … Continue Reading
If I had $1,000,000 – protecting data costs less these days
As 20th century Canadian philosophers Page and Robertson of Barenaked Ladies tell us, “we wouldn’t have to eat Kraft dinner, but we would..” Kraft dinner = Mac & Cheese for those outside Canada. Most know the lyrics to the $1M song, and if they had $1M themselves, they would not buy exotic things like an emu or a K-car. Certainly not a huge storage area network, though that is what some of them can cost a business. I found the results of a 2011 Harris Interactive poll to be quite telling.… Continue Reading