29th March 2009 Archive

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Lies, damned lies and inflation statistics

Why 0% inflation is leaving many of us out of pocket

As inflation tumbled to a mind-numbing zero per cent earlier this week, the question on many people’s lips is: why is everything still getting more expensive? The simple answer lies in the tired old joke about the statistician "who drowned in a pond that was only 1-inch deep – on average". The Retail Price Index, or more to …

Financial News 29 Mar 09:02
The Open Cloud Manifesto in full

What got up Microsoft and Amazon's noses

This is the text of the Open Cloud Manifesto - it came from someone who disagrees with its sentiments. Maybe there are shades of the Aperi process here with companies feeling they are being bulldozed into signing something they haven't had a hand in developing? On the other hand, expecting Microsoft to join in with a bunch of …

Servers 29 Mar 13:53
EMC's next CEO - a Tucci subject

Comment When Joe goes, who's up?

One man holds all the reins of executive power at EMC - Joe Tucci, chairman, president and CEO. He says management succession planning is a key item - but there is no visible succession plan at EMC. At all. A person familiar with the situation asks: "What is he (Tucci) doing about this? Who is lined up to take over? There is …

Storage 29 Mar 23:02
HP Monsters vs IBRIX Aliens

DreamWorks IBRIX it

In the latest we-can-render-bigger-special-effects-movies-than-you vendor story, HP is going for the Oscar nomination with DreamWorks' Monsters vs. Aliens. Yet networked HP storage was rejected because it slowed rendering down. IBRIX Fusion software was used instead. Monsters vs. Aliens made tremendous demands on the movie- …

Storage 29 Mar 23:02