Pure Flash Powers Meta AI Research SuperCluster
Meta/Facebook has built a new AI Research Supercomputer using Pure Storage so is it time to ditch custom storage architectures Read More
Meta/Facebook has built a new AI Research Supercomputer using Pure Storage so is it time to ditch custom storage architectures Read More
In an attempt to revive a tradition I’ve long abandoned, this post is a personal reflection on the year that was: 2013. Thinking on the past and expressing gratitude for good things that have happened makes you happier, according to research summarised in Professor Richard Wiseman’s book 59 seconds. It’s… Read More
I’m on a mission, apparently. The mission is to completely transform IT from a secretive cabal of techno-wizards pursuing their own ends into a collaborative business function that acts as a catalyst. I didn’t choose it so much as it chose me, and it hasn’t been without some personal cost.… Read More
Nutanix had a bit of a rough start to their presentation. They were asked to provide a bit of background on the company, which is fine, but the main issue I had was with the length. My impression was that Greg Smith didn’t understand his audience well enough, or maybe… Read More
Neverfail have a new product coming out, their first in 12 years. It’s called IT Continuity Architect, and it’s a backup and DR quality assurance tool. What does it do? You tell it what kinds of systems you have and how important they are (usually done with Service Level Agreements,… Read More
Whew! Tech Field Day 9 is finished, and I’m exhausted. It’s going to take some time to mentally process everything that we discovered before I’ll be able to really write it up well. Key Points The things that most stick out for me at the moment are: Dell – There’s… Read More
Made it! I’ve arrived in Austin for Tech Field Day 9 after a journey of 14,330 kilometres, or 8,904 miles. I left home at 6am, and arrived at the hotel at 8pm local Austin time. That’s about 29 hours travel time. There was “weather” in Dallas, so my last plane… Read More
Grr. Sorry folks. My ISP scheduled some maintenance that knocked out my link, and the router didn’t reconnect correctly for some reason. Of course, this had to happen on the two days I was interstate at a client site and couldn’t reset things remotely. Everything’s back online, and I’m looking… Read More
So here’s where you get to order me around. Lucky you! I’m a Dork I read about a few topics that I really love, but that make me a huge dork. You can benefit from my dorkiness for the time it takes to: a) tell me what to write about,… Read More
It’s been a while since I shared a new photo with you, so I’ve updated the header to include an image of a jellyfish I took a couple of weekends ago at the Melbourne Aquarium. It works quite nicely, I think. It seems I have a thing for blue at… Read More