Rich Stroffolino

About the Author:

Rich has been a tech enthusiast since he first used the speech simulator on a Magnavox Odyssey². Current areas of interest include ZFS, the false hopes of memristors, and the oral history of Transmeta.

Articles by Rich Stroffolino

Laptop Migrations

November 13, 2018

If you’re planning on migrating to a new Mac any time soon, be sure to check out Edward Haletky’s excellent post for some best practices and helpful tips.

Let’s Talk About Burnout

November 12, 2018

Eric Shanks shares his thoughts after listening to a session about burnout at the Devops Enterprise Summit.

ESXi on a Raspberry Pi

November 12, 2018

At VMworld US 2018, a ESXi for ARM port was announced. Now at VMworld EU, the port was taken to its logical conclusion, running ESXi 6.8 on a Raspberry Pi.

A Keyboard Quest

November 9, 2018

Bob Plankers just went on one of the most important sojourns any IT pro can attempt: Finding the right mechanical keyboard.

Apple is Winning the ARM Race

November 9, 2018

Apple’s semiconductor design success has been underreported in the past. The company is trying to change that with the release of the iPad Pro using the A12X SoC. There’s good reason to focus on it.

An IT Origin Story from Jason Beshara

November 8, 2018

While not part of our IT Origins series, we had to share this post from Jason Beshara, detailing how he went from a concrete cutter to a network engineer.

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IoT Storage and Data Security

November 8, 2018

Chin-Fah Heoh illustrates one of the biggest unresolved issue in IoT and the emerging edge computing space: data security.

Considering the New iPad Pro

November 5, 2018

In 2017, iPad Pros suddenly started appearing around the table at Tech Field Day events, supplanting the usual sea of laptops. With the release of new iPad Pro in 2018, will that trend continue, or will the versatility tradeoff eventually become too much for delegates?

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