If I Can’t Fix It, I’ll Break It. And That’s OK, It Needed Fixing Anyway.
March 7, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 11 Comments
When explaining outage risks in a change review, I often need to grit my teeth and say quietly to myself.….
What Might It Mean if Cisco Dumps HP as Certified Partner ?
February 18, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 6 Comments
Thinking through the impact of the breakup between Cisco and HP as announced on Silicon Angle.
Opinion:Study, iPad, DRM and Me
January 30, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 5 Comments
A look at changing my study and reading habits with the Apple iPad — but not the iBooks until DRM is sorted out.
Opinion: Observations on CCNP Changes and New CCIE SP Ops
January 25, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
Some observations on what the changes to the CCNP and CCIE programs tell us about Cisco intentions for their certification programs.
On Books, E-Books, Copyright and Author Return
January 15, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 14 Comments
Ivan Pepelnjak has good rant about people stealing books.
How Are You Feeling About Cisco ?
December 1, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 7 Comments
Some people have pointed out that I have been Cisco bashing lately. Let’s check if it’s just me.
Drobo — Guessing How BeyondRAID Creates Space and Volumes
November 23, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 16 Comments
I got a presentation from the Drobo on their new products, but I find the idea of beyondRAID and their idea of dynamically re-architecting the drive array to find the optimum and redundant configuration to be absolutely fascinating.
Remembrance Day — Lest We Forget.
November 8, 2009 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
War is not to be celebrated, but remembrance and honour for those who who went to war for us is part of our humanity. 11th November is Remembrance Day — Lest we forget.
Cisco, EMC, VMware — Living Together Isn’t the Same as Married
November 4, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments
A bunch of CEO’s promising to play ‘nice’ with each others toys is not a convincing marketing exercise. Cisco and EMC/VMware need to merge to get big enough to compete with HP / IBM.
Too Many Directions, Too Much to Think About
July 31, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments
I’m working on too many things — too many technologies, too many vendors. How did I get here ?
My Thoughts on Google ChromeOS Mean for Networking ?
July 8, 2009 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
Google’s ChromeOS means a return to standards based networking, and reducing the Microsoft monopoly. Plus cheap netbooks. A quick take on what I’m thinking.
Storage: Emulex Silicon Will Have iSCSI, TOE, FCoE, RDMA & iWarp in a Single Chip
May 5, 2009 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
Buried in this article from the Register is aparagraph detailing Emulex Gen2 chip that does all storage virtualisation in a single chip. The FC boosters will be unhappy, they will have to compete.
Book Review: Project California: Data Center Virtualization Server
April 28, 2009 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
While this book has flaws, its an excellent and detailed introduction to Cisco Unified Computing. Focussing on higher level elements, its a great resource for Network Architects and will put you in the game against HP and IBM server administrators
The Case Against FCoE and Fibrechannel — a Reasonably Complete View
April 20, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 10 Comments
A number of storage bloggers have been questioning the relevance of FCoE and why would you bother with it. Given the size of marketing budgets pushing FCoE and the reality distortion this generates, lets look at the case AGAINST FCoE.
Cisco CCIE 360 Program — Press Here to Add to Cart
April 15, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 4 Comments
I saw Cisco 3660 CCIE study program in an online store today. It struck me as poor value for money. Here’s why…
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Tidal Software, Inc. — Cisco Systems
April 9, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments
Is Cisco buying up Cloud Computing software ?
Blessay:Cisco UCS Really Is Just Blade Servers With Fancy NICs & A Response to HP Network Ambition
April 2, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 7 Comments
I found some information today, realised that UCS is really servers with fancy NICs. It also reinforced my belief that Cisco is responding to HP & IBM, not attacking them.
The Greatest Risk to Cloud Computing ? The Vista Effect.
March 22, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments
Everyday brings news of another failure of a “Cloud Computing” service. It won’t take much in the current economic climate for the market to take a “Vista view” and not buy it.

