Tag archives for community of practice

Dell Storage Forum and the emergence of a new community

A goal we had for the Dell Storage Forum was to bring together all users of Dell Storage – whether they use PowerVault, EqualLogic, or Compellent, into one Dell Storage community. For me, one of the biggest take-aways from theĀ  Forum was the emergence of a visible, coherent community. Community Definition One sociological definition of [...]

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What its really all about – getting social at Interop

I think Stephen Foskett said it best in this post: “We are social people, and nothing beats meeting someone face to face.” Last week, Interop and EMC World were held in Vegas. (You can check out my review of Interop in this post). That meant a lot of storage people where in sin city at [...]

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Networks – CCK08

This week has been about networks in the CCK08 course. I haven’t posted or responded much to posts. My excuses: End of the quarter at work Group at school is non-technical, I’m practicing positive inter-dependence and helping them But I have been reading, and thinking, and talking about the information flowing through the CCK08 network [...]

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