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Anonymous blogging by a secret CTO in the computer business. This blogger has chosen to be anonymous to protect their identity and to share their opinion in the most direct way possible.

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10 Things Google+ Can Do To Wow Itself and the World

NEWS By SECRET CTO15 YEARS AGO

Google+ is off to a good start: A clean interface that works, interesting and useful features, a great Android app, and a curious community of early adopters. These screenshots will give you a taste of what Google+ is, but they will also …

Goodbye Storwize – Hello Real Time Compression

NEWS By SECRET CTO16 YEARS AGO

In June, SiliconAngle’s John Furrier published one of the first posts that IBM was going to acquire Storwize for $140M. In late August, Dave Vellante reported on SiliconAngle that the deal had been closed and provided some details of the transaction from …

Ha! Dell + Ocarina

NEWS By SECRET CTO16 YEARS AGO

Well, looks like I was right. TheStreet tonight is reporting that Dell has signed an agreement to acquire Ocarina Networks. In May I reported that the “word on the street” was that Dell was rumored to buy Ocarina and now it has …

5 Things I HATE about the Technology Community [IT Gripes]

NEWS By SECRET CTO16 YEARS AGO

Don’t get me wrong, I harbor no illusions that my voicing these concerns will change the industry in the foreseeable future, but these things sure do make the collective blood of IT boil. 1) Vendor Benchmarking. Why is it that vendors actually …

IT’s Changing – The Times They Are Changing

NEWS By SECRET CTO16 YEARS AGO

I was driving with my kids the other day (4 and 8) and they asked me what time it was. My response was “At the tone, the time will be 10:30 – ding”. You can imagine the look I got. They asked …

Why NetApp Must Seek Acquisition

NEWS By SECRET CTO16 YEARS AGO

I have been thinking about this for a long time. Don’t get me wrong, I like the folks at NTAP but it seems like the ‘infrastructure’ players of today are not the same players that will be in the game tomorrow. If …

Motorola iPad Competitor Coming Soon

NEWS By SECRET CTO16 YEARS AGO

It seems in the wake of Motorola trying to ‘upgrade’ their image they will be coming out with an iPad this fall. (Motorola may want to re-think this as this is about the same time Apple will launch iPad 2.0) It will …

Now is the Time to Acquire

NEWS By SECRET CTO16 YEARS AGO

It’s really great to listen to folks talk about the economy getting better and all the positive activity going on in the technology industry, but I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same. We seem to be climbing …

DDN – Who?

NEWS By SECRET CTO16 YEARS AGO

I hear that DDN (Data Direct Networks) is the ‘best’ kept secret in the storage industry. Well, I guess that depends on how you define ‘best’. But the word on the street is that storage industry veteran Rich Pappas is going to …

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