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Surprise: Microsoft's DSI is not dead

Surprise: Microsoft's DSI is not deadWhatever Happened to BitVault? And Bricks?One technology I expected to see resurrected is "content-addressable storage" (a.k.a. BitVault) that you wrote about in 2006. See http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2006/04/very-large-databases-bricks-bitvault.html. It has links at the end to DSI content of the time.Maybe Pat Helland went from Microsoft to Amazon.com because...

Tags: DSi, BitVault, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-03-22

Microsoft products, people and strategies that disappeared in 2006

Quite a few of the e-mails I receive start out with "Whatever happened to ... (insert Microsoft product, person and/or strategy here). In that spirit, here are ten Microsoft-related disappearances about which Im left wondering as 2006 draws to a close. Anyone know the whereabouts of:...

Tags: SQL Server, System Center, Management tools, Research, SharePoint Server, Office 2007, Office, Corporate strategy, Database, Windows Live, Windows Server Longhorn, Knowledge Network, Dynamic Systems Iniative, Microsoft Corp., Cambridge Technology Partners

Blog posts 2006-12-20

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Microsoft builds out its first containerized datacenter

Microsoft builds out its first containerized datacenterVerari = GarbageOnly thing going for Verari is their price. Other than that....They are garbage. Garbage over the counter parts that you can by at your local Mom and Pap PC shop. Horrible support. I really don't understand why companies waste their time and...

Tags: Data centers, Verari, data center, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-02

Report: Vista's business sales stronger than expected

Report: Vista's business sales stronger than expectedGee, so much for the MS bashers andtheir dooms day predictions...Coming soon: Vista Mobile?That could be an answer to the new OS X for the iPhone which is highly hyped, but nothing out of this world (OS X is a good OS on its...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-11

Microsoft products, people and strategies that disappeared in 2006

Microsoft products, people and strategies that disappeared in 2006CorrectionIn your note on Eric Rudder you said: "Once Gates relinquishes his CEO title, will Microsoft become "Rudderless"?" Gates is not Microsoft CEO...hasn't been for years. Ballmer is the CTO. Gates is Chairman and Chief Software Architect. I hear second hand...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Even IBM, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, EFI, strategy

Discussion threads 2006-12-20