Newsletter: June 29, 2014

Hello all, Time for another newsletter! I am at home once again and quite happy to be here! I was gone for quite a while, and while it is very important to be close to developers when you are a start-up, it is very good to be home too. I have some interesting lab work … Continue reading Newsletter: June 29, 2014 →

Alert – NFS APD issue has patch now

Hello all, I am a few days late on this. VMware released a patch for the 5.5 U1 NFS APD issue that I reported to you some time ago (April 19th in fact). The original KB article is here but you just need to use VUM to update your hosts and you will have protected … Continue reading Alert – NFS APD issue has patch now →

Newsletter: June 7, 2014

Hello all, I hope everyone had an interesting week - I did and of course it makes things more fun! Had a wonderful dinner last night on the best balcony of the city, and at one of the best restaurants too - called River Cafe. Highly recommended. Finally figured out Win2K12 templates but have not … Continue reading Newsletter: June 7, 2014 →

Newsletter: May 25, 2014

Hello all, I am home and very happy indeed to be here! As much as I like working in our HQ, and the things I can accomplish there in person are key, it is very nice indeed to return home. Not only my wife, and the great life we have, but also the lab and … Continue reading Newsletter: May 25, 2014 →

Newsletter: May 10, 2014

Hello all, A week at home is always good. Back on the road on Monday but only for two weeks this time. I had a lot of time in the lab this week - our product has reached a point where I am having fun using it - bug hunt time and thinking about best … Continue reading Newsletter: May 10, 2014 →

Newsletter: April 26, 2014

Hello all, My second week on the road and working in HQ. Pretty good week, and lots of working with engineers which I really like. But also some fun work building out a realistic lab for demos. Should be fun in the future - it may be the one I use for videos in the … Continue reading Newsletter: April 26, 2014 →

Alert – vSphere 5.5 Update 1 and NFS – dropped connections

Hello all, I started to see comments about this on Twitter yesterday afternoon - NFS hosts losing connections to ESXi hosts. I saw it from VMware, and NetApp people / customers first. I heard from guys I knew who said to not upgrade, and to downgrade if I had. It was suggested it was an … Continue reading Alert – vSphere 5.5 Update 1 and NFS – dropped connections →

Newsletter: April 12, 2014

Hello all, I have had a busy week, and this weekend I head back to the DataGravity HQ which should be a lot of fun. But this is one of those odd weekends with a full day of travel tomorrow, and a night out tonight. So I am starting this newsletter today (Saturday), and hopefully … Continue reading Newsletter: April 12, 2014 →

Heartbleed – yes, indeed I have a few words on it!

I heard about this a few days ago in this article from arstechnica. I checked with a top notch security guy I know (thanks Rob) and he confirmed this was a bad one. He also mentioned that it was bad enough to keep him busy for a while but he was happy about that as … Continue reading Heartbleed – yes, indeed I have a few words on it! →