http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/ en-us 2008-05-12T17:20:49-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/05/just-java-hold-the-wireless-at.html It sounded too good to be true. Free wireless while you're enjoying a java decaffe latte supremo bean grande with whip cream. (Ok, I made the drink up. I'm an instant whatever's on sale high caffer myself). A news release... jmottl 2008-05-12T17:20:49-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/05/datas-latest-threat-can-you-sa.html Think enterprise storage and visions of white boxes, tall server farms, sprawling data centers come to mind. I doubt the iPod, a MP3 player or that cute blue USB flash drive hanging around your colleague's neck come to mind. But... jmottl 2008-05-05T16:34:49-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/04/canada-its-blackberry-crisis.html What is it about the air in Canada that makes people so attached to their BlackBerrys? Is it the cold? The hundreds of thousands of trees and densely untouched rugged terrain? Do the lights go out at 6pm up there?... jmottl 2008-04-29T11:30:32-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/04/just-how-good-is-your-oa-these.html Research in Motion couldn't have asked for a better product endorsement than a research effort coming out of the Australian School of Business and Sydney University which claims that its popular email device, the BlackBerry, can increasingly "make or break... jmottl 2008-04-22T09:06:47-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/04/there-once-was-a-man-from-nant.html Who says storage gurus aren't a creative bunch? I certainly never did, and Wikibon.org's Dave Vellante certainly proved they are last week at Storage Networking World in Orlando. While enjoying a cocktail, Vellante was sharing his own special limerick about... jmottl 2008-04-14T06:22:14-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/04/live-from-snw-the-ssd-has-arri.html There's no dispute that solid state disks have arrived and arrived big time at Storage Networking World. An early morning presentation on solid state storage for the enterprise drew a packed room. If it had been held earlier in the... jmottl 2008-04-10T09:28:17-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/04/live-from-snw-its-all-in-a-nam.html Back on the Expo floor I met up with LSI. I had been seeing their name and brand all over the conference hotel as their savvy marketing people got the company logo on room key cards for attendees and they... jmottl 2008-04-10T06:32:48-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/04/live-from-snw-tidbits-and-hair.html Permabit CTO Jerod Floyd has been getting a little bit more attention than most tech leaders at this week's Storage Networking World in Orlando. And he has his barber to thank for it. Or his own steady hand. Floyd has... jmottl 2008-04-09T19:07:20-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/04/live-from-snw-magic-and-madnes.html I spent a few hours at Storage Networking World's Expo today, chatting up vendors, checking out freebies, asking companies to describe themselves in three words or less. Pretty much enjoying myself like the rest of the few hundred attendees, though... jmottl 2008-04-09T15:17:18-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/04/snw-live-the-many-flavors-of-d.html Put four high profile vendors of deduplication technologies side by side in front of a crowded audience and one can only hope for some debate, and hopefully even a few laughs. That's exactly what attendees at a panel discussion late... jmottl 2008-04-07T23:12:26-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/04/moto-caves-icahns-meister-gets.html jmottl 2008-04-07T15:34:18-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/04/live-from-orlando-its-snw.html Torrential rain met attendees Sunday as they began arriving at Rosen Shingle Creek resort for the Storage Networking World show. The four-day conference features 160 speakers and 140 educational sessions across seven tracks, encompassing regulatory issues, high-performance computing, several tutorial... jmottl 2008-04-07T05:18:12-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/04/motos-unique-employee-retentio.html Some people get addicted to email, to music downloads, to instant messaging. I'm addicted to SEC filing alerts. It's a new malady and I completely blame Motorola. Why? Well in the quest to track, report and unearth what's going on... jmottl 2008-04-03T18:17:45-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/04/blackberry-isnt-just-for-work.html Research in Motion's been working hard to push its popular enterprise productivity tool, the BlackBerry, into the consumer space. It hasn't been an easy task thanks to Apple's wunder device, the iPhone. But RIM has obviously made some progress. Or... jmottl 2008-04-01T15:06:17-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/jmottl/2008/03/sex-storage-snoring.html Yes, I realize it's Friday, but put your thinking caps on and ponder what sex, storage and snoring could possibly have in common. If you're thinking something porn related go get another cup of coffee. If you're thinking bedroom entertainment... jmottl 2008-03-28T08:23:04-05:00