Comments for PlatenReport http://platenreport.com Where Technology Meets Common Sense by Floyd Strimling Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:28:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Buying a Cell Phone is Worse Than Buying a Car! by Nick Yeates http://platenreport.com/2011/10/30/buying-a-cell-phone-is-worse-than-buying-a-car/#comment-251 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:28:05 +0000 http://platenreport.com/?p=573#comment-251 I am a technology realist. Whatever works best is what I tend to use. Once I get on a system that works, I tend to stick with it for some time. I made the switch to Apple and am sticking to it for the time being. I like … no love… my iphone. Its super intuitive, super stable, and I can just get what I want done and not worry about OS issues or other settings. Apple of course imposes limitations, but at least im not finagling all the dang time.

Ive heard amazing things of Android and each time I go to the Verizon store, the droids OS is slicker, more responsive, etc. It has voice commands throughout the OS, instead of just a seperate app (siri). I could use this. Also, music and photos are not as free to do what you want with them – you stick to apples conventions. I do not like itunes. I want more flexibility in what songs are on my device. iCloud will fix this I think. I can play any of my songs anywhere anytime and not need to store them all on-device.

Recently ive been super impressed by the latest ubuntu linux OS. It has come A LONG way. Maybe droid has too and I wont know until I dive into it. Im not ready to dive into droid though. Not yet. Staying on iphone.

G’luck in your choice floyd!

]]> Comment on About by Strategies for managing cohesive enterprise clouds — Tech News and Analysis http://platenreport.com/about/#comment-243 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:45:32 +0000 #comment-243 [...] Floyd Strimling, Technology Evangelist, Zenoss [...]

]]> Comment on Is Social Networking Really Social? by Stuart Miniman http://platenreport.com/2011/06/28/is-social-networking-really-social/#comment-228 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:27:03 +0000 http://platenreport.com/?p=545#comment-228 Hi Floyd,
I’ve definitely had similar reactions to yours at some event and I am a Twitter addict (hi, everyone, my name is @stu). I tend to use Evernote AND Twitter to take notes and like the interaction of the Twitter stream to see who else is at the event and see some of the commentary and “instant analysis” of what is being said. Of course, listening and absorbing what the speaker said should take priority and it is easy to be distracted (SQUIRREL). Hopefully people can strike a balance, I do agree that simply putting out sound-bytes or recording where you are doesn’t add value to the experience.
Cheers,
Stu

]]> Comment on Fun Alert: Insane 2011 Predictions That May Come True by The gladiator http://platenreport.com/2010/12/29/fun-alert-insane-2011-predictions-that-may-come-true/#comment-227 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:05:09 +0000 http://platen.wordpress.com/?p=430#comment-227 Pillar and Oracle will be one within 30 days. That is my prediction. Posted June 24th 2011

]]> Comment on NetApp Acquires Akorri: A Nice Band-Aid To A Complex Problem by NetApp Unifies and Consolidates Software, Not Just Storage Capacity – Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat http://platenreport.com/2011/01/15/netapp-acquires-akorri-a-nice-band-aid-to-a-complex-problem/#comment-226 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:51:45 +0000 http://platen.wordpress.com/?p=435#comment-226 [...] NetApp acquired Akorri in February of this year, and has moved quickly to begin integrating their BalancePoint software into the OnCommand family. As discussed at Tech Field Day, BalancePoint is now known as OnCommand Insight Balance and has been updated. [...]

]]> Comment on VMware Acquires Shavlik: Where Has The Innovation Gone? by Stuart Miniman http://platenreport.com/2011/05/16/vmware-acquires-shavlik-where-has-the-innovation-gone/#comment-221 Wed, 18 May 2011 01:54:59 +0000 http://platenreport.com/?p=541#comment-221 Floyd,
The management ecosystem has always been a sensitive one – how big a role does VMware play and how do they make sure not to ostracize all of the partners that have made them successful? VMware does have enough surrogates trumpeting how disruptive and innovative they are (like Scoble: http://scobleizer.com/2011/05/17/real-multi-billion-dollar-war-hint-its-not-amazon-vs-google/), so the PR can be a bit bland.
VMworld will definitely be exciting – cya there!
@stu

]]> Comment on Moving To The Cloud: The Last Easy Decision by Chris_P_Intel http://platenreport.com/2011/03/01/moving-to-the-cloud-the-last-easy-decision/#comment-215 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:55:44 +0000 http://platenreport.com/?p=510#comment-215 This article caught my eye due to the title. Relating “Moving to the Cloud” and “Easy” in the same breadth just feels a little too, ah, simple.

However, I will agree with the author that making the decision to adopt cloud computing and implementing a private cloud computing environment at Intel IT has delivered a tremendous value to Intel’s business and looking back, was a smart decision that will benefit Intel’s business for years to come. The journey and decision was not easy and the implementation was not straight forward.

Terminology & Strategy. There is a lot of hype and new terminology around cloud computing and I would advise IT organizations and business leaders to fully understand the terminology. We spent much time defining terms and level setting on capability needs for our business. Utimately we chose a definition of cloud based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology, then we spent time identifying and justifying the financial benefits of cloud (through virtualization) and setting goals for agility (as measured by service provisioning time).

Automation: One of the biggest key learnings we had is that while virtualization was able to drive efficiency, automation of our IT business processes was critical in delivering the agility we desired – we are currently at 3 hours for new services through an on-demand self-service consumption model. To achieve this, we had to modify the business process because if you automate a bad business process, you only get more inefficiency.

Today, as a result of a methodical well-planned out approach to cloud computing, the Intel IT organization has saved Intel millions in IT costs and drove dramatic business efficiencies through reduced service provisioning time (from 90 days to 3 hours). So while the decision was not easy, the benefits are clear and compelling.

For more on Intel IT’s cloud journey, best practices and lessons learned visit us on http://www.intel.com/IT

Intel IT cloud implementation: http://intel.ly/g0G3fG
Intel IT private cloud self service model: http://intel.ly/gZ8SMe

Chris

]]> Comment on Note To Dell: Forget Big Data and Go For Cloud Infrastructure by Tweets that mention Note To Dell: Forget Big Data and Go For Cloud Infrastructure « Platen Report -- Topsy.com http://platenreport.com/2011/02/16/note-to-dell-forget-big-data-and-go-for-cloud-infrastructure/#comment-205 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:00:37 +0000 http://platenreport.com/?p=492#comment-205 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Ditlev Bredahl, Floyd Strimling. Floyd Strimling said: Note To Dell: Forget Big Data and Go For Cloud Infrastructure : http://wp.me/ph0mq-7W #in http://wp.me/ph0mq-7W [...]

]]> Comment on MicroNokiaSoft For Broke In The Cloud by Rob http://platenreport.com/2011/02/14/micronokiasoft-for-broke-in-the-cloud-dvus8a92qs3q/#comment-204 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:58:19 +0000 http://platenreport.com/?p=477#comment-204 Floyd,

Nice observations, and an enjoyable read. Just found this tonight and will make it a regular stop.

Keep it going!

-Rob

]]> Comment on Cloud Wars: Cisco Invades OpenStack by Nick Yeates http://platenreport.com/2011/02/07/cloud-wars-cisco-invades-openstack/#comment-203 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:40:58 +0000 http://platen.wordpress.com/?p=462#comment-203 Nice insights. What do you mean by “integrated Cloud Operating System”. A defacto standard OS for large cloud service providers? And in order to fill what need?

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