Author: GeekFluent

  • You Can Find Me in the Cloud with HubStor

    You Can Find Me in the Cloud with HubStor

    It’s funny. The last thing I posted here was on January 1st. In it, I mentioned that 2019 had been a hard year. How foolish I was before 2020 came into its own… In the midst of whatever all of 2020 will continue to bring, I’m pleased to be able to report some good news.…

  • Most-Read GeekFluent Posts in 2019

    What a year 2019 was. But now it’s past and good riddance. Not all of 2019 was bad, but — for me at least — it was a hard year as can be evidenced by the frighteningly low number of new posts I made during the year. Everything is starting into an upswing now, so…

  • Time to Retire the #HireDaveNow Hashtag

    Time to Retire the #HireDaveNow Hashtag

    You read that right. After what felt like a very long job search (to be fair it only felt that way because it was, in fact, very long), I no longer need to use the #HireDaveNow hashtag. This frees me up to focus on other Dave-related hashtags, like the very timely #WriteInDave2020, the crowd favorite…

  • I’m Going to DisneyLand!

    I’m Going to DisneyLand!

    No, I haven’t won the World Series (although, if I had it would certainly be worth bragging about considering that I’m not a member of any professional baseball team). I’ll be attending the Nth Generation Symposium as a guest of HPE and as a Tech Field Day delegate. This is the 19th annual Nth Generation…

  • Mixed Message Monday: Kevin Hart and Kickstart

    Mixed Message Monday: Kevin Hart and Kickstart

    Mixed Message Mondays are my foray into marketing commentary, focused on marketing attempts that must have seemed like a good idea to someone, but have somehow managed to lose the intended message… I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it feels like Kevin Hart is everywhere lately. He’s doing TV shows, movies, guest appearances, commercials,…

  • Summary of the Announcements From CommvaultGO 2018

    Summary of the Announcements From CommvaultGO 2018

    I’m at the CommvaultGO conference, and the new announcements are coming out at a rapid-fire pace. It’s hard enough to keep track of everything while I’m here and can ask questions in real time — I can only imagine how difficult it is trying to keep track if you’re not here. To make it easier,…

  • Heading to Commvault GO 2018 with Tech Field Day

    Heading to Commvault GO 2018 with Tech Field Day

    It’s been a while (too long, I know…) since I’ve posted anything, but this seemed the perfect excuse to jump back into things. Next week, I’m heading down to Nashville for the Commvault GO 2018 conference. I’ll be there as part of the Tech Field Day contingent. I’ll be attending as an independent analyst, which means…

  • Unboxing the Tap Wearable Keyboard and Mouse

    Unboxing the Tap Wearable Keyboard and Mouse

    If you know me, you know my love for gadgets — especially ones the advance my cyborgification, and ones that can be added to my PAN (Personal Area Network). So, it should come as no surprise that no more than ten minutes passed between the moment when I first heard of the Tap wearable keyboard…

  • Cisco Names Champions for 2018

    Cisco Names Champions for 2018

    At the end of last last week, Cisco sent out the official “Welcome” emails to the folks they’ve named as Cisco Champions for 2018. What are Cisco Champions exactly? you might ask. It’s a fair question, I’ll admit. Started in 2014, the Cisco Champion program is a way for Cisco to recognize those members of…

  • Microsoft Enters Agreement to Purchase Avere Systems

    Microsoft Enters Agreement to Purchase Avere Systems

    Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it had entered into an agreement to purchase Avere Systems, a maker of software and hardware appliances that can perform filesystem virtualization, file-to-object gateway services, and allow customers to easily connect their onsite storage to public cloud storage. If you’re a long-time reader of this blog, you’ll know that I’ve been…