In this piece, Gabriel Chapman makes an interesting case for the demise of the storage admin. He compares the state of storage to the smartphone pre-iPhone. The market is poised for someone make storage radically simpler, from providing a service that has to be laboriously constructed, to something that’s more of a platform to be built on with accessible APIs.
Remembrances of Interfaces Past: Firewire
Ars Technica published a look back at the rise and fall of Firewire.
Some highlights that jumped out to me: the connector was based on the original Game Boy connector, down to the pins. The original working name of the standard was ChefCat. Sony didn’t use the name “Firewire” in Japan because they thought it made Sony sound boring.
What Is Dead May Never Die: The Mac Pro’s Future
To say Apple can be cagey with announcements is a bit of an understatement. They’re usually a stonewall of “no comment” until a product announcements, even as leaks seep out to inform the press of new products. So I was surprised to see such a frank discussion about the future of the Mac Pro with a group of journalists, including John Gruber.
There Will Be Lawsuits: Apple & Imagination Technology Breakup
It was a bit of a shock to see yesterday that Apple will be moving to in-house GPU designs for all their mobile products. They’ve had a good run of products on the back of Imagination Technology’s IP. It left me wondering how long they’ve been working on this, and if any acquisitions had quietly set the stage for the move. Perusing their recent acquisitions, I didn’t really see anything that obviously foreshadowed the move.
Apple’s File System Coup
When I heard that Apple was going to be updating millions of iOS devices to their new file system, I wondered how the rollout would go. I should have had a clue when Apple debuted a new file system in a relatively minor update for iOS 10, rather than wait for the next big revision.
Cisco and Apple Now Support Better Wi-Fi, QoS for Apps
At Cisco Live Europe last week, we finally saw some of the results of the partnership between Cisco and Apple. It was stressed that this wasn’t the end-result of the collaboration, simply the first deliverable result. It’s interesting enough on its own to make we wonder what else is on the roadmap.
Alternatives to Intel’s New $8898 Top Dog Xeon
Have about $9,000 to spend on the new Xeon E7-8894 v4? Want to know what else you can get for the money? We’ve got you covered.
Novelty MacBook Pro Touch Bar Apps – RANKED
This is a ranking of the “best” novelty MacBook Pro Touch Bar apps. They’re all special in my heart.
The MacBook Pro Touch Bar: Long Term Review Part 2
This is part two of a long term review of the MacBook Pro Touch Bar. In this installment, I think I may have found the first killer app for the interface. It’s a little app called TouchSwitcher.
Looking Forward to 2017: Gestalt Server News 17.1
Welcome to the first Gestalt IT Server News for 2017. Here are some of the stories on tap.
– The Gestalt IT 2017 Predictions!
– We take a visit to a digital server graveyard
– Plus, why Red Hat makes more money on Docker than Docker