* Posts by Valiant

10 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Jul 2010

IBM slices heavy axe through staff in the US

Valiant

Re: Effing H1B

>> ? OK, what does IBM offer other than a significantly more expensive solution AND immaturity in the cloud space...

Mandatory billing in US dollars only!

Pi(e) Day of the Century is upon us! Time to celebrate 3/14/15 in style, surely?

Valiant

Re: The American-centric universe

@Jason

I appreciate the general sentiment, but it's unfair to cite "World Series" as an example of American insularity.

The World Series was named after (for?!) its first sponsor, a now-defunct eponymous newspaper.

IBM, NetApp suffer as storage buyers shun mainstream suppliers

Valiant

Re: IBM

Well, relied upon the channel yet simultaneously tied the channel up in red (blue?) tape and reduced its incentives for selling IBM.

IBM and SAP: Looks like we're STUCK forever on the cloud highway

Valiant

Re: its about developers

You forgot "beneath legal".

Jimmy Savile ringtones still selling like hot cakes on iTunes

Valiant

The explicit ditty "It's your Wife" ....

May I have more details on this please?

Berkshire bigboy 2e2 in the pink - apart from crushing debt burden

Valiant
Paris Hilton

The Emperor's New Clothes ....

... if i ever saw them!

Paris, because if anyone can talk it up, she can.

Virgin straps on phone masts for the flying upper classes

Valiant

Re: "...which means a dish..."

Shouldn't that be "Pedantry On" ....?

Paddy Power website fell at Grand National first fence

Valiant

Re: Paddy Powerdown

>> Site seems shoddily built, bit like a driveway built by a irish Tinker (the bad form of traveller)

Which is the good form?

Oracle dubs Solaris 11 world's 'first cloud OS'

Valiant
Meh

No-one's listening ...

Oracle's attitude towards customers and the reseller channel, has been so heavy-handed that the former are leaving in droves, and only the usual tin-shifters are left amongst the latter.

Dell exec questions UK.gov's 'value proposition'

Valiant
Paris Hilton

Resist for a minute ....

... the opportunity to put the boot in - and no-one hates Dell more than I do - and read what he actually says, and see that there's a hefty dollop of Home Truth there:

"“Government expects its outsourcing service provider to maintain the complexity rather than to simplify and standardise the work processes ... [which, with] people are moved to the provider in their existing state and are independently managed next to countless similar processes of other companies. Consequently, the cost and service benefits of standardisation and simplification are lost."

Paris, because she'll lift the flaps and see what's revealed.