1-800-Flowers and other online services like FTD and teleflora are at best a waste of money.  All they do is take your order, skim a fee off the top, and call a local florist to place the order.  The local… Continue Reading →

If you live in San Luis Obispo, CA area, there are no local Prometric or Pearson Vue test centers.  Cuesta College used to run one, but there was some sort of political hoopla over it and they decided to close… Continue Reading →

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I passed CompTIA Security+ today.  This is not a difficult exam, and if you have some computer security experience, it isn’t too challenging.  The reason I took this, and maybe why you should as well, is that it is one… Continue Reading →

I recently had the pleasure of attending an Accelerated NCDA Boot Camp Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode class in El Segundo, CA, April  March 04-08, 2011.  We purchased the training from Fastlane, one of NetApp’s authorized training partners.  The class was… Continue Reading →

I passed the 2 required exams for CompTIA A+ today.  These are entry level exams, and if you have some computer experience, they are not too challenging.  The reason I took these, and maybe why you should as well, is… Continue Reading →

VMware sponsors local VMware User Groups worldwide.   I recently attended a meeting of the Santa Barbara VMware Users Group and had a great time!  The topic was VMware View, their flagship desktop virtualization solution.  VMware sent one of their Systems… Continue Reading →

I sometimes teach at Cuesta College, a California community college in San Luis Obispo.  Cuesta recently became a CompTIA Education To Careers (E2C) member.  During the process of becoming a member, it was mentioned that E2C was being “rebranded”.    Well,… Continue Reading →

I have used a lot of different storage systems from a lot of different vendors.  Typically I prefer fibre channel based storage area networks for their block I/O and high performance.  I never paid much attention to NetApp, since they… Continue Reading →

CompTIA is the non-profit trade association advancing the global interests of information technology (IT) professionals and companies including manufacturers, distributors, resellers, and educational institutions.   CompTIA offers popular certification programs.  (After the implementation of DODD 8570, all Federal IT/IA employees… Continue Reading →