Published 2 years, 12 months ago
in IBM.
On Friday, IBM announced the general availability of the N3700. Here is an exerpt from the press release:
ARMONK, NY — Aug 2, 2005 – IBM today announced an array of new storage offerings that further broadens its portfolio of solutions expressly designed for the fast-growing small and medium-sized business (SMB) market.
The first is an entry-level storage disk offering, the first product resulting from the recent IBM alliance with Network Appliance (NasdaqNM:NTAP - News), followed by a roadmap to introduce an expanded product line in the fourth quarter of 2005.
The first product resulting from the alliance, the IBM TotalStorage N3700, is designed to offer an economical and robust network attached storage (NAS) solution for small and medium-sized businesses of less than 1,000 employees, yet is versatile enough to be used in large, distributed enterprises with remote office and branch office storage requirements. The device also incorporates iSCSI technology, a segment that is tracking the growth of SMB storage and is predicted to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 107% through 2009, according to analyst firm IDC.
Link: IBM TotalStorage N Series: Overview - IBM Network Attached Storage
Link: N3700 Press Release
I just wanted to be one of the first to write Linux® with the appropriate trademark sign.
Apparently, Linux is now trademarked, and they want companies to pay to use the trademark, which I assume is targeted towards the various Linux distributions. An organization called the Linux Mark Institute was formed “to protect the public and Linux® users of the world from unauthorized and confusing use of the Linux mark and to issue proper licenses to authorized users of the Linux mark.”
Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus
Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.
Link: Linux Mark Institute
Apple today released another security update (Security Update 2005-007) today fixing 44 “flaws.” Some of the components patched: Apache 2, Appkit, Bluetooth, CoreFoundation, CUPS, Directory Services, HItoolbox, Kerberos, loginwindow, Mail, MySQL, OpenSSL, ping, QuartzComposerScreenSaver, Safari, SecurityInterface, servermgrd, SquirrelMail, traceroute, Webkit, Weblog server, X11, and zlib.
View: About Security Update 2005-007
Published 3 years ago
in Blog.
The site has just been updated with the new WordPress 1.5.2 that was released yesterday. This again includes various bug fixes and adds some small administrative features.
Published 3 years ago
in IBM.
Today was my first day in the Software Testing Foundations course at IBM (also known as the Certified Tester-Foundational Level Training course). The course is taught by Dale Perris who works for Software Quality Engineering. This course prepares me for the ISTQB*™ Certified Tester—Foundation Level exam, which I will take on Thursday afternoon. So far, some very interesting topics are being covered. If you’re interested in the material covered, check out the ISTQB syllabus, or SQE’s course outline.
* ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board (www.istqb.org)
Published 3 years ago
in IBM.
Since I work on the Brocade SAN Test team within IBM, I thought I would share the products I’ve been testing with my readers.
The first product is a new director class switch. It is known as the IBM TotalStorage SAN256B (2109-M48). This is a 4Gbps industry-standard Fibre Channel switch capable of 256 ports in a single domain. The second product is a new fabric switch. It is known as the IBM TotalStorage SAN16B-2 (2005-B16). This switch also supports 4Gbps and is scalable to 16 total ports. This smaller switch is intended for use in small to medium-sized SANs.
More Info: IBM TotalStorage SAN256B: Overview - IBM TotalStorage SAN
More Info: IBM TotalStorage SAN16B-2: Overview - IBM TotalStorage SAN
Published 3 years ago
in Blog.
On Friday, it was brought to my attention that people actually do read this site. With the low number of comments, I had the mindset that nobody actually read this anyway, so why update immediately. Well, that attitude has changed, and I will be posting updates soon. In particular, I will be updating my resume, photos, and the much needed About Me section. Hopefully I’ll get to most of it over the weekend. In the meantime, feel free to add comments to let me know what to add, update, or change. I appreciate everyone’s comments.
Published 3 years ago
in Life.
Tucson has finally reached monsoon season. This started about a week or so ago, and it’s been raining like crazy every night since. As a matter of fact, it’s been hitting strong since this last weekend. On Saturday, we decided to do some backyard work. Luckily, we were wrapping up, when it started pouring rain at about 5:00pm. It didn’t let up until about 1am or so. The entire back yard was a lake. It took all day Sunday for the rain to soak in or evaporate. At about 4:00pm, the standing water finally disappeared. Just in time for yet another downpour. This time, it was worse than Saturday, and again I woke to another lake in the back yard.
Today, when I left work, it was pouring rain, and I was soaked head to toe getting into my truck. I know it sounds like I’m complaining again, but I do like the rain…it’s much better than the heat. I think it’s somewhat relaxing to hear the rain and light thunder…call me crazy.
