Vembu Community and Free Editions Updates

There are lots of resources available which help technical practitioners and decision makers evaluate options. One of the most valuable things that I’m enjoying with partner solutions that I work with is the community and free editions that are available. I run a reasonable sized lab environment which is ideal for using these platforms. Vembu … Read more

Very cool! VeeamON Virtual Conference

One of the greatest things about conferences is the ability to get very up-close access to engineers and other technology professionals.  What makes the upcoming VeeamON virtual conference on December 5th a double-win is that you get that access but you don’t need to book travel and get approvals for budget! Virtual Event, Real Value Sign … Read more

Two of Your Nines Don’t Need Five Nines

There’s a pretty good chance that you have a number of environments that are tagged as having a five nines requirement for availability That don’t actually need it. We often find ourselves getting confused with availability and the true cost of keeping application environments up on the ever elusive 99.999% uptime. Breaking Down the Nines … Read more

Interesting results from a Vision Solutions survey

I’m always watching for stats and numbers in the industry. We are continuously presented with the “fastest growing” and “x% better than the competitor” based on a number of sometimes skewed statistics. While I love what information I can gather from statistics for hardware and software, it is almost always based on sales. When I … Read more