This has been quite a week so far in the storage blog-o-tweet-osphere. I hope you’ve all been wearing your seatbelts as it’s been a bumpy ride!
First, Beth Pariseau at TechTarget has a fascinating post on what a recent SEC filing tells us about the unfolding drama of the Sun-Oracle merger. For example, who was that mysterious third bidder? And just how close was IBM before it blew making a deal?
It’s also been a week of discussion about discussing things. A seemingly small change to Twitter has had reverberations across the Tweet-o-sphere. Stephen Foskett’s take on this is that Twitter has lost control of its own service, which has become very much about conversation rather than one-way blasts of information. And Stu Miniman has a worthwhile post on how to make use of various social media tools that also highlights the interactive, conversation element. As I’ve often said, just about everything in life seems to come down to communication.
Finally, this blog’s parent, Ocarina Networks is getting some more buzz. This week, Storage Switzerland released the results of a test that Ocarina commissioned to see how well it stacks up against NetApp dedupe. We have posted it on the Ocarina site as well. More on this coming up, so remember to come by and visit us soon. Or, why not get an Online Storage Optimization RSS feed so you’re sure to get the latest, greatest storage and dedupe news and views every day?
Okay that’s all for now. Happy Wednesday–only two more days to the weekend.
