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    Latest VMware VCF Poster Released!

    Shout-out to William Lam over at VMware for always sharing with the Community! Link > https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-vcf-5-2-1-poster
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    Seagate announces 36TB HDDs

    https://www.storagereview.com/news/seagate-exos-m-36tb-hdds-announced It’s coming, folks. A new tier of capacity in both spinners and flash has been unlocked. WD is also testing 122TB capacities. We need to start taking a serious look at the storage array operating systems and insuring they...
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    Password Managers .... Sound off!

    Admittedly, I dove all the way in and likely overdid it in the beginning, but I have a history of not finishing things from time to time, and wanted to insure I fully converted.
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    Lenovo acquires INFINIDAT

    https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-to-acquire-infinidat-further-expanding-enterprise-storage-portfolio/ What do you think? Good move for Lenovo?
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    New (storage) server, who dis?

    That's a solid pickup and a helluva deal! Personally, I would probably lean towards a very dense shelf myself, but I love the consolidation and density of products like this. This is going to be the only way we scale in the near-future (read: NOW).
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    Password Managers .... Sound off!

    What's your go-to Password Manager and why? For me, I jumped on 1Password pretty late in the game. It was one of my "pandemic projects" in 2020. The upfront investment to get THOUSANDS of sites/apps and their associated credentials added and updated was a monumental task, but over the last...
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    Nick Howell joins Proact IT podcast

    The followup episode of 2025 predictions is now live! Enjoy!
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    CES 2025 keynote presentations! (Lives/VODs)

    Intel just wrapped up, but here's the VOD. Honestly, whole lotta MEH.
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    CES 2025 keynote presentations! (Lives/VODs)

    AMD starting at 1100 PT
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    CES 2025 keynote presentations! (Lives/VODs)

    Is tonight the night we're getting RTX 5000-series announced, especially since it's already leaked?
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    Nick Howell joins Proact IT podcast

    I was honored to join some friends and colleagues at ProactIT for a rewind breakdown of what went down in 2024. As a teaser, we also recorded a second episode that should be coming out soon doing some fun, crazy predictions, as is tradition in our industry.
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    Welcome to 2025!

    Happy New Year, and thank you all for being here as we endeavor to revitalize the greater tech community with a home that isn't tied to any particular brand, vertical, or online persona. Our mission here at OJ is to be the nexus point that brings it all together, regardless of project scope...
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    VScode gets Copilot for FREE!

    OK, this is pretty awesome news! https://github.com/features/copilot/plans
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    Black Friday MEGA THREAD

    Post the links to all the hot deals you come across! I'll kick it off with the Best Buy Black Friday Ad. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/black-friday/sale-ad