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
The times they are a'changing…
Leading into this year’s VMWorld conference in Las Vegas, all the buzz was about changes at VMWare. And after attending the conference, I’m here to tell you that the times they are a’changing. But it’s not all bad news for … Continue reading
The times they are a'changing…
Leading into this year’s VMWorld conference in Las Vegas, all the buzz was about changes at VMWare. And after attending the conference, I’m here to tell you that the times they are a’changing. But it’s not all bad news for … 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
