Author Archives: Kent Knox
No "I" in TEAM
For those of you following this blog, you have probably put it together that I am in fact a long time Pittsburgh Steelers fan. And just for the record, growing up in NY in the 1970’s as a loud-mouth Pittsburgh … Continue reading
The Importance of Consistency
I was reading today about the Oakland Raiders’ latest fired coach filing a grievance for the salary he still believes he is owed. That got me thinking that just five years ago the Oakland Raiders were in a Super Bowl. … Continue reading
Signs of Life
Two weeks away from the keyboard and it seems like an eternity. My last blog left off with the tie donning Mike Nolan still walking the Niners sideline, the Raiders looking more like a CFL team than an NFL team … Continue reading
Goal-Line Stand
OK, I am ready for the criticism, so bring it on. How did I miss the shoe-in pick and nail the upset; well, as they say in the NFL, “On Any Given Sunday”. And I know some of you are … Continue reading
What's in a Name?
Before I get into this week’s thought, let me emphasize the point I made last week regarding the importance of the O-Line as the foundation of the offense. I painfully sat through the entire Steelers vs. Eagles game this week … Continue reading
Importance of a Solid Infrastructure
It was quite a Week 2 in the National Football League. Blown call. Risky 2-point conversion. Brett Favre’s first loss as a Jet. The Patriots being the Patriots. And of course another Steelers hard-nose win vs. the Browns. One … Continue reading
On the NFL Pre-season and Processor Hype…
Every week during football season, I will post some of my observations from the previous weekend’s NFL games on this blog. While the majority of the headlines from week one focused on Tom Brady and his season-ending knee injury, … Continue reading
Virtualization: Something Old, Someone New and Some Really Big Cost Savings
I always find it interesting to hear people singing the praises of x86 virtualization and talking about how this recently introduced technology is already revolutionizing the industry. Fact of the matter is that virtualization technology was originally introduced for the … Continue reading
You Can’t Make a Cake with Just Flour… Why Performance Benchmarks Alone Don’t Work
Seems like everywhere I turn people are talking about IT best practices. But what about worst practices? After all, most of us were taught that you need to learn from your mistakes. So let me take a second to share … Continue reading
