Chris Poelker’s Blog

I just got back from speaking at the Sys-Con SOA (Services Oriented Architecture) conference in New York (http://www2.sys-con.com/soajune.cfm)

I don’t think I have ever heard a single three letter acronym mentioned so many times in a single day in my life(SOA that is). I thought ILM was hot. Nahhh, that’s totally passé. It’s as if a lightbulb went off in everyone’s head at the same time, and they just realized that creating flexible applications and IT infrastructure would be a good thing. As Homer Simpson would say, Duhhh.
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So if you read my BIO, you’ll find that I have been around the storage industry for a fairly long time, wrote the SAN for dummies book, and was one of the original SAN experts on Http://www.SearchStorage.com

My hope is that this page will become a routine part of your week for perusing interesting sites looking for tidbits that may help you in your insatiable quest for storage knowledge, and maybe even give you a chuckle or two to help ease those boring or stressful days. (more…)