David Hill

Storage, including data protection, industry analyst

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Avid Labs has recently announced what could be a game-changing COVID-19 Test. See my blog on why that might happen at https://t.co/yscPvP4GBO.

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Veeam's "Veeam Availability Platform for the Hybrid Cloud" announcement today was quite impressive. It is really expanding its horizons.

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Dell's broadened hyper-converged infrastructure portfolio shows that Dell is on top of things as far as HCI is concerned. Well done.

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Check it out. My Mesabi Group Web site https://t.co/uw8lJvIKL8 has just been renovated. It is now much easier to find my blogs.

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Boston area -- IBM presentation on big data at MIT Sloan School evening Tuesday, April 7. For details, go to http://t.co/T6cgkkbtof

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A new blog on 2 thought-provoking books is now available on LinkedIn. https://t.co/dWyNkKDucH

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Malcolm Butler's interception is probably the single most important play in Boston sports history. More important... http://t.co/emJkrEPnvE

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Want to describe an obnoxious person? My wife Irene coined the term "obnoxion." Think about it and see how oftern you use it.

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Citrix has made a good move in gaining significant storage-related software with the acquisition of Sanbolic.

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@AnyckTurgeon please send me an e-mail at [email protected] that we can reconnect. Thanks.

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For big data fans, I have just done a post on recommended readings: https://t.co/VljQhhJ8Rl
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Statistic: # of U.S.-contracted Ebola deaths = 0; "'small" data can sometimes be as insightful as big data; be vigilant, but not fearful.

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EMC is moving VCE (converged infrastructure) from a nominally indepedent organization to one within EMC; tighter integration with EMC good.

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EMC rates #18 on best multinationcal companies to work for; I can't prove correlation but happy employees should lead to happy customers.

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The HP split seems to be about separating a commodity business (HP, Inc.) from a value-added business (HP Enterprise); no more oil and water

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HP has officially split in 2: although there are always +s and -s each can have a focused strategy, such as for capital allocation.

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"Big Data" has arrived; there is a band by that name with a song called "Dangerous"! They distrust technology and The Cloud. You wonder!

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I got an Invoice and a notice that my magazine subscription was suspended (it is valid through July 2015!) Not nice tactic Businessweek.

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I am at the Flash Memory Summit. These are the gold rush days for the flash storage industry; loads of choices to be made.

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There is no truth to the rumor that Lake Erie is about to be renamed Lake LeBron.