Comments for Devlin Consulting, Inc. http://devlin-consulting.com Product design, engineering, and technology consulting Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:05:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Comment on Cloud Storage: A Drain for Money and Data by Mark Campbell http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/03/cloud-storage-a-drain-for-money-and-data/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Mark Campbell Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:05:21 +0000 http://devlin-consulting.com/?p=499#comment-369 Agreed. The fundamental question for cloud storage (and backup) isn't whether they can serve as a replacement for even small business backup and storage but instead how valuable multi-tenant public clouds can serve as secondary disaster recovery vehicles. The company at which I work is getting ready to announce cloud-based backup - but we're requiring an on-premise appliance precisely for the reasons that you articulate - the cloud backup is a disaster recovery (rather than a backup or business continuity) solution. I blogged on this earlier today; post is at http://www.unitrends.com/weblog/index.php/2010/03/21/does-your-backup-cloud-have-a-silver-lining/ Agreed. The fundamental question for cloud storage (and backup) isn’t whether they can serve as a replacement for even small business backup and storage but instead how valuable multi-tenant public clouds can serve as secondary disaster recovery vehicles.

The company at which I work is getting ready to announce cloud-based backup – but we’re requiring an on-premise appliance precisely for the reasons that you articulate – the cloud backup is a disaster recovery (rather than a backup or business continuity) solution. I blogged on this earlier today; post is at http://www.unitrends.com/weblog/index.php/2010/03/21/does-your-backup-cloud-have-a-silver-lining/

]]> Comment on Would you sell foo foo dust? by Lee Devlin http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/06/would-you-sell-foo-foo-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Lee Devlin Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:33:11 +0000 http://devlin-consulting.com/?p=521#comment-347 Hi Fred, Thanks very much for your comment. It was great to hear from you again. I'd like to get together some time and catch up. -Lee Hi Fred,

Thanks very much for your comment. It was great to hear from you again. I’d like to get together some time and catch up.

-Lee

]]> Comment on Would you sell foo foo dust? by Fred Thomas http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/06/would-you-sell-foo-foo-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Fred Thomas Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:36:02 +0000 http://devlin-consulting.com/?p=521#comment-335 Funny I had a similiar experience when I was younger and work for a defence contractor. Did a bunch of testing and discovered that certain laser wavelengths were better for air defence applications than others. My work was heralded for a few months by my employer and then word came from top managment to bury it. Issue was that all the companies air defense systems in the field worked with a not so effective laser wavelength and these findings would just put a wrench in the works. Data storage or national defense it is all about moving product. I guess in a capatalist society there is significant worth to product features or foo-foo that have the utility of improving or maintining sales levels. .... and so it goes. Hope you are well Lee. Good thoughts! Funny I had a similiar experience when I was younger and work for a defence contractor. Did a bunch of testing and discovered that certain laser wavelengths were better for air defence applications than others. My work was heralded for a few months by my employer and then word came from top managment to bury it. Issue was that all the companies air defense systems in the field worked with a not so effective laser wavelength and these findings would just put a wrench in the works.

Data storage or national defense it is all about moving product. I guess in a capatalist society there is significant worth to product features or foo-foo that have the utility of improving or maintining sales levels. …. and so it goes.

Hope you are well Lee. Good thoughts!

]]> Comment on Cloud Storage: A Drain for Money and Data by Harold Poley http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/03/cloud-storage-a-drain-for-money-and-data/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Harold Poley Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:13:26 +0000 http://devlin-consulting.com/?p=499#comment-319 Nicely put. Most small business owners and individual computer owners place too much faith in cloud storage based backup systems, and fail to read the fine print, assuming that their entire computer systems can be restored in case of hard drive failure. This is rarely the case. Online backup doesn't provide most users what they think it does, and it doesn't do it in the time that they think it will. Business owners should focus on rapid system recovery, and use online backup services to backup their backups for disaster recovery. The main advantage of online backup systems is that they move a copy of the local backup offsite ... something many small business owners fail to do. In case of fire or theft, it is essential that a remote backup exists so that the destroyed/missing local data can be recovered. The old addage "don't put all your eggs in one basket" holds true. In summary: with online backup systems, think "disaster recovery", rather than "system or file recovery." Nicely put. Most small business owners and individual computer owners place too much faith in cloud storage based backup systems, and fail to read the fine print, assuming that their entire computer systems can be restored in case of hard drive failure. This is rarely the case. Online backup doesn’t provide most users what they think it does, and it doesn’t do it in the time that they think it will.

Business owners should focus on rapid system recovery, and use online backup services to backup their backups for disaster recovery. The main advantage of online backup systems is that they move a copy of the local backup offsite … something many small business owners fail to do. In case of fire or theft, it is essential that a remote backup exists so that the destroyed/missing local data can be recovered. The old addage “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” holds true.

In summary: with online backup systems, think “disaster recovery”, rather than “system or file recovery.”

]]> Comment on Cloud Storage: A Drain for Money and Data by Business Relationships vs. Hostage Situations | Lee Devlin's Website http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/03/cloud-storage-a-drain-for-money-and-data/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Business Relationships vs. Hostage Situations | Lee Devlin's Website Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:11:17 +0000 http://devlin-consulting.com/?p=499#comment-318 [...] crapware on my PC. Now, I’m no fan of on-line backup services and had previously written a critical review of what I think of them. Part of my view is colored by an image that I will now convey to you. Hang on, because I think [...] [...] crapware on my PC. Now, I’m no fan of on-line backup services and had previously written a critical review of what I think of them. Part of my view is colored by an image that I will now convey to you. Hang on, because I think [...]

]]> Comment on Cloud Storage: A Drain for Money and Data by Mike http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/03/cloud-storage-a-drain-for-money-and-data/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Mike Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:04:31 +0000 http://devlin-consulting.com/?p=499#comment-316 Here! Here! Well said! Here! Here! Well said!

]]> Comment on Are Atoms Really the New Bits? by Lee Devlin http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/06/are-atoms-really-the-new-bits/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Lee Devlin Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:01:22 +0000 http://devlin-consulting.com/?p=527#comment-312 Chris Anderson referenced this article in his Twitter stream and made the following comment: A point of clarification: "Atoms are the new Bits" isn't just about OSH. It's really about democratization of mfg supply chain. Chris Anderson referenced this article in his Twitter stream and made the following comment:

A point of clarification: “Atoms are the new Bits” isn’t just about OSH. It’s really about democratization of mfg supply chain.

]]> Comment on Are Atoms Really the New Bits? by madaerodog http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/06/are-atoms-really-the-new-bits/comment-page-1/#comment-310 madaerodog Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:53:30 +0000 http://devlin-consulting.com/?p=527#comment-310 Great article If you would like to learn more about open source hardware projects visit http://harkopen.com/open-source-hardware and discover awesome open hardware projects here http://harkopen.com/projects Join the community Great article

If you would like to learn more about open source hardware projects visit http://harkopen.com/open-source-hardware

and discover awesome open hardware projects here http://harkopen.com/projects

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]]> Comment on Would you sell foo foo dust? by Miss Communications http://devlin-consulting.com/2009/06/would-you-sell-foo-foo-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Miss Communications Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:55:51 +0000 http://devlin-consulting.com/?p=521#comment-304 Thanks for the insights, Lee. Now I'm imagining a workplace free of foo-foo purveyors and defenders; pride in the products and not just the marketing spiel. Could honesty be a competitive advantage? Thanks for the insights, Lee. Now I’m imagining a workplace free of foo-foo purveyors and defenders; pride in the products and not just the marketing spiel.

Could honesty be a competitive advantage?

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