Monthly Archives: January 2017

My Interview with Geek Whisperers on Being a Technical Generalist

Posted on 25 January 2017 by GeekFluent

I had the honor (and fun) of being the guest on the most recent episode of the Geek Whisperers podcast (Episode 129). I know this will cause my long-time readers to immediately ask two questions: How is it, exactly, that these folks … Continue reading →

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Pure Storage’s FlashBlade is now GA

Posted on 25 January 2017 by GeekFluent

Today, Pure Storage, an All-Flash storage vendor, announced the General Availability (GA) of their FlashBlade, a scalable, All-Flash, NFS storage platform, as well as the GA of version 1.2 of Elasticity, the software that runs the FlashBlade. I wrote about … Continue reading →

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Mixed Message Monday: Flonase Thinks You’re a Drooling Moron

Posted on 23 January 2017 by GeekFluent

Time for another Mixed Message Monday, where I point out marketing that sends a different message than the intended one. At least, I hope the message delivered was different than they intended… This time I take a look at an … Continue reading →

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HPE Acquiring SimpliVity for a Bargain Basement Price

Posted on 18 January 2017 by GeekFluent

Yesterday, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced that they had entered into an agreement to acquire hyperconverged infrastructure vendor SimpliVity for $650 Million in cash. This number comes in significantly lower than the rumors that had been going around, valuing SimpliVity as … Continue reading →

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Job Search Mode: Engaged!

Posted on 13 January 2017 by GeekFluent

After five very happy years, I find myself back on the job market. Instead of attempting to take on a new job search entirely on my own (which is exactly what I would have done in the past), I’m looking to … Continue reading →

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State of the Blog Report: 2016

Posted on 1 January 2017 by GeekFluent

New Year’s Day. Today we find ourselves breathing a sigh of relief that we actually made it through the year that was 2016. It’s also a time to look forward with a mixture of hope and dread at the year … Continue reading →

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