Bryan James and the upcoming Sons of Ben: The Movie

An Elon University fraternity brother of mine — Bryan James — will soon be featured in a documentary film called “Sons of Ben: The Movie.” Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, James basically started a fan club to attract a major league soccer franchise to the city. The club started with eight guys, then 60, then 500, …

Speaking at HIMSS Midwest Fall Technology Conference

In mid-November I will be speaking at the 2014 Midwest Fall Technology Conference for HIMSS. Joe Ferguson from Pure Storage and I will present a case study at 9:45 am on November 13 that will discuss how flash-based storage can be best-utilized in healthcare datacenters. My employer Riverview Health has been a happy Pure Storage …

Irv Pearce receives William H. Deitrick Service Medal

While I’ve twice had a job title with the word “architect” in it (Content Architect and Enterprise Architect), my dad is the real deal — you know, the kind of architect that designs buildings. Two weeks ago, my father Irvin Pearce received the AIA (American Institute of Architects) North Carolina William H. Deitrick Service Medal. …

Pure Storage Evolve Highlights Video

In 2013, I was fortunate to be a guest speaker at Pure Storage‘s first EVOLVE conference. I had a great time talking about how their solid state storage dramatically improved my employer’s infrastructure in terms of stability and performance. EVOLVE 2014 is in the works, and will again take place immediately after VMworld 2014. It …