Author: stringy99

Paul is Technical Director at the long-established UK based IT consultancy Gardner Systems. A technology enthusiast who likes to understand how technology impacts organisations of all types. He shares his enthusiasm via his BLOG at techstringy.com as well as the Tech Interviews Podcast which can be found at podcast.techstringy.com Paul also writes for a range of well-known technology sites. He also carries out research work for analyst firm GigaOM, you can find his work on gigaom.com. He is also a member of the NetApp A-team and Veeam Vanguard programs.

The value of understanding your Microsoft cloud licences – Part One

I have recently been working on several projects looking at Microsoft cloud licencing which brought home to me the importance of fully understanding the licences you need; you have and how you are using them. I thought I'd take this opportunity to share some of those findings in two blog posts. In part two we'll … Continue reading The value of understanding your Microsoft cloud licences – Part One →

Veeam and its future place in the market

Full disclosure - I attended VeeamOn as a guest of Veeam. Writer William S. Burroughs is credited with the quote, "When you stop growing you start dying." which has been altered to fit all kinds of walks of life including IT. It was this idea of "evolve or die" that took me to this year's … Continue reading Veeam and its future place in the market →

The case for better data management (The rime of the data manager)

"Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink" Samuel Coleridge wrote in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. If we fast forward 200 years, he may have written something similar about one of the ancient mariner's descendants, the hard-put-upon data manager! "Data, data everywhere, but it's hard to find the stuff that is of … Continue reading The case for better data management (The rime of the data manager) →