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Jul 31, 20125 min read

ODBC on OSX 10.7 for Postgresql is broke......a suggested fix

Recently I was needing to connect to a Postgresql database (specifically EMC's Greenplum), from my Mac Air running OSX 10.7 Lion....

Jul 31, 20124 min read

I have recently been playing with the Greenplum 4.1 Community Edition VM available from Greenplum. EMC has an internal initiative to...

Jul 10, 20120 min read

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I am excited about an upcoming road trip I have planned. We are going to take a drive on historic Route 66. A stretch from California,...

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One issue to be mindful of when configuring Cisco MDS switches with Brocade switches is that Brocades Per VC Flow Control must be...

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Apr 15, 20124 min read

Today I read a very inspiring article, which I found in of all places, CNN. Titled "Take a risk and put your true self out there" by...

Mar 2, 201217 min read

Famed American academic Thomas Davenport brought data analytics to the forefront with his acclaimed article Competing on Analytics...

Feb 18, 20121 min read

A list of every command possible on NX-OS on the Nexus 7000. It’s in a bit different form than a CLI command reference may list it, and...

Feb 16, 20121 min read

A list of every command possible on NX-OS on the Nexus 5000. It's in a bit different form than a CLI command reference may list it, and...

Feb 16, 20122 min read

At 1Gbps a FC frame is 4km long, at 2Gbps a frame is 2km long, and at 4Gbps a frame is 1km long. A 10km cable is 20km round trip. Round...