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Robin Harris

Robin Harris

Harris has been messing with computers for over 30 years and selling and marketing data storage for over 20 in companies large and small. He introduced a couple of multi-billion dollar storage products (DLT, the first Fibre Channel array) to market, as well as a many smaller ones. Earlier he spent 10 years marketing servers and networks. After leaving corporate life he founded TechnoQWAN, a consulting and analyst firm. He also developed StorageMojo into one of the top storage industry blogs.

Robin writes, consults, coaches and lives among the mountains of northern Arizona.

About Storage Bits

Storage is what makes a computer your computer. Robin Harris writes about storage and other tech with a focus on the SOHO/SMB market. And fun stuff, too, like PS3 supercomputers and Google's technology.

  • Why I hate backup

    By Robin Harris | May 17, 2012, 10:15am PDT

    Backup disgusts me. It is the white flag of defeat in a never-ending battle to preserve our stuff against storage devices that don’t store reliably. And it’s boring.

  • Flash's 25th birthday

    By Robin Harris | May 7, 2012, 6:32am PDT

    Toshiba is rightly celebrating the 25th anniversary of NAND flash. We should join them.

  • Thunderbolt momentum at NAB 2012

    By Robin Harris | April 30, 2012, 7:09am PDT

    At least 28 Thunderbolt products were shown at NAB 2012. That doesn’t sound like a lot, but it is because many connect Thunderbolt to existing standards. Expect a big jump in Thunderbolt...

  • Naked-eye 3D TV that works!

    By Robin Harris | April 23, 2012, 10:47am PDT

    3D TV was huge at NAB 2011 - in hype and flop. But NAB 2012 delivered the goods: watchable glasses-free 3D on big, colorful and very watchable screens.

  • Holographic storage: this could work

    By Robin Harris | April 18, 2012, 3:20pm PDT

    After burning through $100 million, holographic storage startup InPhase folded several years ago. hVault is rebooting the technology, and they’ve learned from the InPhase debacle.

  • Holographic storage rises from the dead

    By Robin Harris | April 16, 2012, 12:21am PDT

    Holographic storage has incredible potential, but has never made it to market despite$100 million and years of R&D. But now it gets one more chance to make good.

  • Is it time to buy that SSD?

    By Robin Harris | April 12, 2012, 8:58am PDT

    Perhaps you noticed that SSD sale prices are dropping to $1/GB and even less. Is now the time to buy?

  • Mac OS Lion demands an SSD

    By Robin Harris | April 9, 2012, 9:58am PDT

    Adding iOS UI elements of OS X means lots more small I/Os, the kind that disks do poorly and SSDs do well. Don’t buy a new Mac without an SSD or you’ll regret it!

  • Can phones and tablets do "real work?"

    By Robin Harris | April 2, 2012, 7:11am PDT

    Some readers were skeptical that “real work” could be done on a tablet. Get over yourselves! People did “real work” even before computers were invented.

  • Streaming beats Blu-ray

    By Robin Harris | March 28, 2012, 6:47am PDT

    5 years ago put all my CDs into a box and threw out hundreds of CD cases. My 1200 DVD collection is next. Why? Streaming.

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