SNIA’s SDC 2016: Public slides and live streaming for Storage Developer Conference

SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference (SDC 2016) is happening this week in Santa Clara, CA. This developer-focused conference cover several storage topics like Cloud, File Systems, NVM, Storage Management, and more. You can see the agenda at http://www.snia.org/events/storage-developer/agenda/2016 However, there a few thing happening differently this time around. First, most of the slides are available … Continue reading SNIA’s SDC 2016: Public slides and live streaming for Storage Developer Conference →

The ABC language, thirty years later…

Back in March 1986, I was in my second year of college (Data Processing at the Universidade Federal do Ceara in Brazil). I was also teaching programming night classes at a Brazilian technical school. On that year, I created a language called ABC, complete with a little compiler. It compiled the ABC code into pseudo code … Continue reading The ABC language, thirty years later… →

Raw notes from the Storage Developer Conference 2015 (SNIA SDC 2015)

Notes and disclaimers: This blog post contains raw notes for some of the SNIA’s SDC 2015 presentations (SNIA’s Storage Developers Conference 2015) These notes were typed during the talks and they may include typos and my own misinterpretations. Text in the bullets under each talk are quotes from the speaker or text from the speaker … Continue reading Raw notes from the Storage Developer Conference 2015 (SNIA SDC 2015) →

Twenty years as a Microsoft Certified Professional – time flies when you’re having fun

I just noticed that last week was the 20th anniversary of my first Microsoft certification. I had to travel nearly 500 miles (from Fortaleza to Recife) to reach the closest official testing center available in Brazil in August 1995. You’re probably thinking that I started by taking the Windows 95 exam, but it was … Continue reading Twenty years as a Microsoft Certified Professional – time flies when you’re having fun →

Microsoft Ignite 2015 sessions related to OneDrive and SharePoint

Microsoft Ignite 2015 was a great event, but there were so many sessions that it was truly impossible to watch everything that looked interesting. However, all sessions were recorded and by now they should be available on Channel 9 for streaming. Even with all the recordings available, it's hard to find the links to all … Continue reading Microsoft Ignite 2015 sessions related to OneDrive and SharePoint →

Storage Sessions at Microsoft Ignite. Make sure to update your schedule!

Hi! If you’re planning to attend Ignite, here is a list of sessions related to Storage at the event: Code Session title Presenters BRK3496 Deploying Private Cloud Storage with Dell Servers and Windows Server vNext Claus Joergensen, Shai Ofek, Syama Poluri BRK3474 Enabling New On-premises Scale-Out File Server with Direct-Attached Storage Claus Joergensen, Michael Gray … Continue reading Storage Sessions at Microsoft Ignite. Make sure to update your schedule! →

PowerShell Examples: Using Bing to measure the popularity of cmdlets in a specific PowerShell module

This blog is part of a series that shows example PowerShell code for those learning the language. This time we’re using PowerShell to find out which PowerShell cmdlet in a specific module is the most popular. To do this, we’re using a Bing search and producing a list with the name and number of web … Continue reading PowerShell Examples: Using Bing to measure the popularity of cmdlets in a specific PowerShell module →

PowerShell Examples – Random words and their popularity via Bing

This blog is part of a series that shows example PowerShell code for those learning the language. This time we’re using PowerShell to generate random words and check if they are popular by using a Bing search. The words are color-coded as white (not found on the web), green (between 1 and 1,000 hits on … Continue reading PowerShell Examples – Random words and their popularity via Bing →

Windows Server Storage Sessions from TechEd Europe 2014 (includes links to recordings and slides)

This blog post includes a list of the Storage-related sessions from TechEd Europe 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. You can use it as an easy reference to the Storage sessions, including links to the recordings and the slides for each one. Day Time Code Title (with link to recording and slides) Speaker(s) Tue 8:30 AM … Continue reading Windows Server Storage Sessions from TechEd Europe 2014 (includes links to recordings and slides) →

Slides for the Instructor-Led Lab on Windows Server 2012 Storage from MMS 2013

I delivered an instructor-led lab on Windows Server 2012 Storage at MMS 2013 yesterday (4/8), with a repeat scheduled for tomorrow (4/10) at 2:45 PM. You can find the details on this lab at http://www.2013mms.com/topic/details/WS-IL303 I used a few slides to comment on the contents of the lab, with an overview on the capabilities covered … Continue reading Slides for the Instructor-Led Lab on Windows Server 2012 Storage from MMS 2013 →