I am going to miss HD DVD

Farewell friend — we hardly knew ye. Yes, with the news that Toshiba is pulling out and Microsoft has announced that it will discontinue the HD-DVD player add-on for Xbox360, the format war is over. And that is a good thing. While we early adopters may have had to bet on two horses, mainstream consumers … Read more

A new storage blog … THE Storage Blog at Microsoft

Hi folks, Sorry to have been unplugged – but my posts will restart this week. In the meantime, check out the new “Storage Blog at Microsoft” – where some of our storage-saavy exec’s, as well as other storage experts will weigh in. The blog kicked off earlier this week with a post from our General … Read more

Heroes Happen Here — Comics !!!

You know its a good day when two of your favorite universes collide. Peanut Butter and Jelly Steak and Red Wine Star Wars and Video Games (usually) Dungeons & Dragons and Video Games And now … Comic Books and IT Professionals   Yes – as part of the Windows Server 2008 / SQL Server 2008 … Read more

Are you looking for a DPM server — try a Data Protection appliance from Dell

One of the common questions that we hear around DPM is “What hardware should the DPM Server be run on?” I can offer a couple different answers.  Start with the Official Answer — please consult the hardware requirements list on the DPM website There is also the “engineering” answer – which is “It depends …” … Read more