We’ve all heard the stories of how our data is growing exponentially and let’s face it our storage spend is probably backing that up, well certainly that’s what the CFO will tell you! But how often do we stop and really think about why it’s growing and how to control it? I had some of … Continue reading Data Data Everywhere and it’s all the same
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.
Backups are broken…they are you know!
A bit of a statement I know – but for many businesses, it’s true, even if they don’t know it. To be fair, it’s not necessarily the techies fault, or even the fault of the solution, it’s normally broken because it was never really right in the first place… Why wasn’t it right in the … Continue reading Backups are broken…they are you know!
Stop! in the name of IT–Wasting my money
(Title to be sung to the tune of The Supremes “Stop! in the name of love”) I had a meeting this week with a new technology partner that we have just begun working with and the person I was talking to said something very interesting about some of the messaging that they are taking to … Continue reading Stop! in the name of IT–Wasting my money
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