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John HarkerWelcome to Pacific Grids. That's me, John Harker, on the right. This site was my first and reflects one of my passions - the area of Modular Systems and Grid Computing. Also a little bit of my interests in sailing ...

I've worked with computers for a long time - move the cursor over the picture of the IBM 305 console at the top left and see me teaching my first class.

Also starting with Tandem and through SCO, Caldera and Hitachi I have worked with multi-CPU and clustered systems since their inception. After over 15 great years with SCO in product management and engineering my division was purchased by Caldera and we parted. Subsequently I worked with ZNA Communications in Modular Computing - blade and brick servers, high-speed network interconnects, cluster, grid and virtual operating environments, and web services application development. My customers included Caldera, Progress Software and the Server Blade Trade Association. I also did business planning and web site development in the wireless market space for Wireless Cables, Inc.

I'm currently at Hitachi Data Systems in Santa Clara focusing on SANs, Storage Arrays, and Storage Management. Working in Product Marketing I’m responsible for our core storage provisioning products along with our storage virtualization and tiered storage solutions strategies.

  • I've done contract business planning, writing, marketing and web page development
  • I've taught custom courses in the areas of Modular Computing, Grid and Cluster computing, UNIX/Linux, and Networking.
  • I've done consulting on selection and implementation of modular, grid and cluster computing (often now called cloud) systems.
  • John Harker - Skill Highlights
    -14+ years Product Management and Product Marketing experience, interleaved with
    -8+ years Software Engineering experience
    -2+ years Curriculum Development and Training experience
    -Four-Phase, Tandem, Victor, Santa Cruz Operation (SCO), Caldera, Hitachi Data Systems
    -Prolific writer, strong web, strong presenter, insightful technologist
    -Technical expertise in Networking, Servers, Storage, SANs, Virtualization, Thin Provisioning, UNIX, Linux, Windows, VMware, Clusters and Grid Computing, Web Services, Cloud Computing, CIM, SMI-S, NAS, NFS, SAMBA/CIFS
    -Expert Product/Program Planning and Program Management
    -Negotiations and Contracts