Meritocracy is Technical Skills Backed by Enthusiasm for the Work; Interview with iXsystems CTO Jordan Hubbard, Part VI

March 20, 2014

Open source has done a great deal to give those individuals who have high levels of technical skills access to the same code bases and other professionals that once were the exclusive domain of high tech companies. But the concept of meritocracy goes well beyond just technical skills. This sixth and final entry in our interview series discusses Jordan’s thoughts on how meritocracy really works and how it has helped to elevate those who live and work even in remote parts of the world to the same status of those who work for large companies.

Drawing the Line between Open Source and Proprietary Code; Interview with iXsystems CTO Jordan Hubbard, Part V

March 13, 2014

Establishing a standard as to how an organization uses proprietary and open source code is at best difficult for most organizations. But iXsystems has essentially bet its future on the continued use of open source code in its product line. This makes it an imperative that it get this decision right to continue fostering support for its product in the open source community. This fifth entry in my interview series with iXsystems’ CTO Jordan Hubbard discusses his thoughts on iXsystems’ responsibility toward the open source community for their contributions and how it draws the line between proprietary and open source code.

The Enterprise Storage Benefits Derived from Working at Home and in the Open Source Community; Interview with iXsystems CTO Jordan Hubbard Part IV

February 27, 2014

Most businesses fail to grasp and/or cannot map how they benefit if their IT staff does development for the open source community or even at

Hybrid Storage Hits the Sweet Spot as SSDs are No Silver Bullet; Interview with iXsystems CTO Jordan Hubbard, Part III

February 19, 2014

Some claim that all-flash memory and/or solid state drive (SSD) storage arrays will become the silver bullets that solve all of today’s challenges with enterprise storage arrays. Those closer to the manufacturing of storage arrays have a much different viewpoint as they see a long and healthy life ahead for traditional spinning media. In this third installment in DCIG’s interview series with iXsystem’s CTO Jordan Hubbard, he discusses how hybrid storage arrays hit the sweet spot for the storage needs of most organizations.

Customized Storage Solutions Trump the Cookie Cutter Approach Every Time; Interview with iXsystems CTO Jordan Hubbard Part II

February 12, 2014

One of the most common requests that DCIG gets from its readers is to include the actual cost of storage systems in its Buyer’s Guides. The reason DCIG continues to decline that request and only includes starting list prices is that most storage systems may be configured in multiple different ways. This makes it impossible to arrive at a definitive price point. The second part in DCIG’s interview series with iXsystem’s Jordan Hubbard illustrates this point as he discusses how the availability of multiple different storage configurations and services trumps a cookie cutter approach to buying storage every time.

Strength of FreeNAS Project Sets iXsystems Apart; Interview with iXsystems CTO Jordan Hubbard, Part I

February 4, 2014

A veteran of the operating systems industry, Jordan Hubbard has spent time working on a far-ranging array of products, from open source, grassroots efforts to

Data Integrity, Physical Security and REST APIs Contribute to Tape’s Ongoing Relevance in the World of Big Data

January 8, 2014

Though no one would make the statement that tape as a storage medium will ever leapfrog over disk again as the preferred method of data

ZL Technologies Brings Virtual Scale-out to Enterprise Archiving and eDiscovery

December 26, 2013

One of the most exciting and terrifying times in the lifecycle of a company is transitioning from a small to mid-range or mid-range to enterprise sized company. Well led companies that survive those transitions have often been planning for the occasion for some time. The longer they have been planning the more likely they’ve become aware of the need for long term archiving. Of everything.

Preview of the DCIG 2014 Big Data Tape Library Buyer’s Guide

December 6, 2013

If the preliminary survey data for the 2014 DCIG Big Data Tape Library Buyer’s Guide is any indication the tape industry is still alive and is adapting to its evolving role.

10 Factors that Contribute to Making a Successful IT Purchasing Decision

October 31, 2013

In the dark and not-so-distant past there was a saying: “Nobody ever lost their job buying Big Blue.” The idea that buying IBM was a sure thing now sounds pretty strange to those of us who cut our sysadmin teeth during the heady days of the late ’90s and early 2000’s.

Author: Ben Maas

Meritocracy is Technical Skills Backed by Enthusiasm for the Work; Interview with iXsystems CTO Jordan Hubbard, Part VI

Drawing the Line between Open Source and Proprietary Code; Interview with iXsystems CTO Jordan Hubbard, Part V

The Enterprise Storage Benefits Derived from Working at Home and in the Open Source Community; Interview with iXsystems CTO Jordan Hubbard Part IV

Hybrid Storage Hits the Sweet Spot as SSDs are No Silver Bullet; Interview with iXsystems CTO Jordan Hubbard, Part III

Customized Storage Solutions Trump the Cookie Cutter Approach Every Time; Interview with iXsystems CTO Jordan Hubbard Part II

Strength of FreeNAS Project Sets iXsystems Apart; Interview with iXsystems CTO Jordan Hubbard, Part I

Data Integrity, Physical Security and REST APIs Contribute to Tape’s Ongoing Relevance in the World of Big Data

ZL Technologies Brings Virtual Scale-out to Enterprise Archiving and eDiscovery

Preview of the DCIG 2014 Big Data Tape Library Buyer’s Guide

10 Factors that Contribute to Making a Successful IT Purchasing Decision

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