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Greg Schulz and StorageIO are one of the most sought after often quoted independent IT thought leaders providing timely industry perspective commentary insight on current or emerging trends along plus technologies. See recent interviews and perspectives about industry news activity, appearances at events, tips, videos, pod casts, articles, white papers and recent blog posts.

News: Greg Schulz named a 2010 VMware vExpert
News: June issue of StorageIO newsletter
News: Spring issue of StorageIO newsletter
News: Inaugural issue of StorageIO newsletter
News: StorageIO ranked 21st of top 500 Tweeting IT analysts
(Top 500 of all IT industry analysts across all coverage areas)
News: StorageIO in top independent IT analysts Via Tweetlevel
News: StorageIO ranked 79 in top 400 IT Independent Blogs
News: Greg named an influential Virtualization bloggers

Recent blog postings include:
Post: A Storage I/O Momentus Moment
Post: EMC and NetApp: On Parallel Tracks?
Post: Summer 2010 Out and About Update
Post: Supreme Court Rules on SARBOX
Post: Initial Virtumania Appearance (Episode 14)
Post: VMware vExpert 2010: Honored to be a Member
Post: June 2010 StorageIO Newsletter
Post: Public and Private IT Clouds
Post: Tiered Storage, Systems and Mediums
Post: Industry Trends and Perspectives: RAID Rebuild Rates
Post: Converged Networking and IO Virtualization (IOV)
Post: Storage Virtualization and Virtual Storage
Post: Tape, Disk and Dedupe Coexistence
Post: Tiered Hypervisors and Microsoft HyperV
Post: 6GB SAS and DAS are not Dumb A$$ Storage
Post: Industry Trends and Perspectives Blog Series
Post: Industry Trends and Perspective European Seminar
Post: EMC VPLEX: Virtual Storage Redefined or Respun?
Post: Apple iPad: Business iTool or iToy?
Post: Picking winners in NFL and IT Drafts
Post: Earth Day 2010 and IT Efficiency
Post: Seagate saying goodbye to Cayman Islands
Post: StorageIO Spring 2010 newsletter
Post: Metrics and Social Media
Post: Census Time for Datacenters?
Post: Fun with Simple Math
Post: Who is your sphere of influence?
Post: Hard vs. soft product
Post: Virtual Storage and Social Media: What did EMC not Announce?
Post: Inaugural StorageIO Newsletter
Post: Green IT Gaps and Myths
Post: IBM Power7 processor announcement
Post: IT Bargains, Dell Buying Exanet?
Post: Perspectives on iPad for business
Post: 2010 Trends, Perspectives and Predictions
Post: RAID Relevance Revisited
Post: EPA Energy Star for Data Center Storage Update
Post: Is MAID Dead? I Dont Think SO!

Recent quotes, interviews and perspectives in the news:
SearchStorage: Comments on EnergyStar efficient storage
SearchStorage: Comments reduce power, boost IOPS per watt
InformationWeek: Comments on Netgear and consumer SOHO NAS
SearchSMBstorage: Comments on VARs and SMBs
EnterpriseStorageForum: Comments on top storage technologies
SearchStorageAU: Comments on iSCSI storage adoption
EnterpriseStorageForum: Comments on top EMCworld revelations
ITKE: Comments on HP reselling DataDirect HPC storage
ITKE: Comments on Quantum, Dedupe and Tape
EnterpriseStorageForum: Comments on RAID enhancements
SearchStorage: Comments on SRM and Metrics
EnterpriseStorageForum: Comments Dedupe, Tiering and Vplex
SearchSMBStorage: Comments on Iomega Unified Storage
SearchStorageAU: Comments on Virtual Server Backup
EnterpriseITPlanet: Comments on File Virtualization
Infosmack: Comments on iPAD, HP and Oracle
EnterpriseITPlanet: Comments on Virtual Storage Picks Up Speed
SearchDataBackup: Comments on WORM storage
SearchStorage: Comments on IT Cloud and Storage Adoption
NetworkComputing: Comments on IP optimization for Clouds
EnterpriseStorageForum: Comments on Cloud Computing SLAs
StorageSoup: Comments on Avnet buying Bell
SearchITChannel: Comments on Avnet buying Bell
EnterpriseStorageForum: Comments on Converged SAN and NAS
InternetEvolution: Comments on Healthcare IT impact
EnterpriseStorage: Comments on starting a Career in Storage
SearchStorage: Comments on SAS SSD
MotherEarthNews: Comments on Greenpeace and Facebook
SearchSMBStorage: Comments on removable storage
SearchSMBStorage: NAS for mid-sized business
Energy Center: Closing the Green Gap
SearchStorage: iSCSI and Virtualization Tips
Processor: Watch out for Virtualization Sprawl
SearchStorage: Comments on Solarwinds Tek-Tools acquisition
EnterpriseStorageForum: Comments on continued tape evolution
SearchStorage: Comments on converged networks
SearchStorage: Comments on Vendor alliances and IT stacks
SearchSMBStorage: RAID storage is alive and evolving
SearchStorage: Creating a data migration plan
SearchSMBStorage: EMC Iomega v.Clone for PC sync
Computerworld: Leveraging cloud and on-line backups
Channel Pro SMB: NAS vs. SAN for SMB Storage
Channel Pro SMB: Affordable SMB Storage Solutions
SearchStorage: What to buy a geek for the holidays, 2009 edition

Recent and Upcoming events:
Aug 31, VMworld - San Francisco
July 22, 2010 Storage Virtualization - Louisville KY
July 21, 2010 Storage Virtualization - Tampa FL
July 20, 2010 Storage Virtualization - Miami FL
July 14, 2010 Storage Virtualization - Cleveland OH
July 13, 2010 Storage Virtualization - Stamford CT
July 8, Efficient Data Centers - Webcast
June 16, Industry Trends and Perspectives - Nijkerk, Netherland
May 27, 2010 Business Continuity Planning - Indianapolis, IN
May 11-12, 2010 EMCworld - Boston, MA
April 28, IT Trends, Issues and Opportunities - Minneapolis, MN
April 27, 2010 The Green and Virtual Data Center - Bay Area
April 21, 2010 Storage Virtualization - Philadelphia, PA
April 20, 2010 Storage Virtualization - Columbus, OH
April 15, 2010 Storage Virtualization - Chicago, IL
April 14, 2010 Server Virtualization - Atlanta, GA
April 13, 2010 Storage Virtualization - Toronto, ON
April 7, 2010 Server Virtualization - Boston, MA
April 6, 2010 Server Virtualization - New York City
March 31, 2010 Server Virtualization - Irvine, CA
March 26, 2010 IT Cloud Infrastructure - Minneapolis, MN
March 25, 2010 Server Virtualization - Reston, VA
March 9, 2010 Business Continuity Planning - Miami, FL

Articles, Tips, Videos and other content:
Article: Buying a server? How midmarket CIOs can determine their needs
Podcast: Reducing power by boosting IOPS per watt
Podcast: Using a storage partition in your data storage infrastructure
ATE: What type of 1.5TB centralized storage for multiple locations (Login Required)
FAQ: Shared serial attached SCSI (SAS) offers networked storage benefits on a budget
Podcast: Appearance on Virtumania
Podcast: Shared serial attached SCSI (SAS) offers networked storage benefits on a budget
Video: Scaling with Clustered Storage
Podcast: InfoSmack #51 - Deduped and more
Podcast: iSCSI Storage Common Myths
Video: Storage and Networking Convergence
Article: Storage Optimization: The Other Green
Video: Virtualizaiton - Life beyond consolidation
FAQ: SMB Energy Optimization
Podcast: SMB Storage Strategies and Considerations
Video: The Other Green - Storage Efficiency and Optimization
Article/Tip: MAID and IPM for energy efficiency
White Paper: Business Benefits of Data Footprint Reduction
White Paper: IT Data Center Performance Bottlenecks
Green data center: From energy avoidance to efficiency
Read about Clarifying Cluster Confusion
Radio Interview: Closing the Green Gap- wsRadio
White Paper: Intelligent Power Management IPM) MAID 2.0
Article: Saving Money with Green Storage
White Paper: The Many Faces of MAID Storage Technology
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