Tuesday Humor
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Comic courtesy of xkcd.com Via Beth Pariseau from TechTarget. No related posts.
Archive for the ‘Marketing’ Category
Comic courtesy of xkcd.com Via Beth Pariseau from TechTarget. No related posts.
My experience with social media and the Super Bowl
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Last Sunday I thoroughly enjoyed watching the hard fought Super Bowl between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints. It was a close game until the very end when the Saints made a critical interception. Interestingly, one of my lasting memories from the game relates to social media. I watched ...
Data Domain keynote at SNW – Slootman’s surprising response
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009I attended multiple keynote and breakout sessions at SNW last week, but my busy meeting schedule conflicted with many of the morning sessions. I was able to attend to Data Domain’s talk given by Frank Slootman and wanted to provide some commentary. The bulk of the session was boring and included ...
SNW Recap
Friday, October 16th, 2009I returned from SNW in Phoenix last night and wanted to recap the event. I had 10+ meetings at the show and there were multiple sessions and so am providing my perspectives on the event in general and the sessions I did attend. Deduplication remains hot and still confuses many I attended ...
Marketing Odds and Ends
Friday, August 21st, 2009It has been a particularly busy week here at SEPATON HQ with limited blogging time. Instead of a technology oriented post, I thought that I would highlight some marketing items from this week. Upcoming speaking event I will be speaking at the Storage Decisions Deduplication Seminar this Tuesday, 8/25 in Hartford, ...
AboutRestore Nomination and Musings on a Virtual Tradeshow
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009First, AboutRestore.com was recently nominated as a top storage vendor blog over at StorageMonkeys, and there is an open vote to decide the winner. Here is a link to the voting page and I encourage my readers to participate. Second, I attended the Storage Decisions Data Deduplication Virtual Tradeshow a couple ...
Now on Twitter
Thursday, April 30th, 2009For those of you unfamiliar, Twitter is a micro-blogging application with posts of 140 words or less. It is a great forum for discussion and interaction with others in the industry. I particularly enjoy the real-time updates from various analysts and members of the press. You can ...
W. Curtis Preston Now with TechTarget
Thursday, February 19th, 2009About a week ago, Curtis posted on his blog that he is joining TechTarget as an Executive Editor which essentially means that he will continue to present at various events. He is still an independent consultant and can keep working on his other projects including his Mr. Backup Blog and ...
RIP: Storage Magazine
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008I was disappointed to see this announcement from TechTarget. As one would expect, their actions are in response to the current economic situation. I can understand the cutbacks in headcount, but I am disappointed with the cancellation of the print version of Storage Magazine. Storage is one of the best ...
Surviving A Down Economy – A vendor Perspective
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008The outlook on the economy continues to be less than stellar. The National Bureau of Economic Research formally declared that we are in a recession. Thanks guys for stating the obvious! Tough times create difficulties for everyone. We have already seen vendors including NetApp, Quantum and ...