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Max Mortillaro

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Industry Analyst | Co-Founder at Osmium Data Group | Tech Field Day delegate | Data Infrastructure, AI, Sustainability, Regulations | Husband, Father, and Cat Herder 🌐 www.osmiumdatagroup.com

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 2d

The more Cybers, the more Secures!

Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 2d

I'm still thinking what to do with BlueSky. Mastodon is small, niche, a bit weird, surely nerdy, but it feels like home. LinkedIn is where all the serious folks are, although - judging by the signal to noise ratio - one wonders whether this is really serious or we're just all pretending.

Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks all for the likes & reshares!

Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Becky, doing well! Nuance in the details, but overall can't complain at all :) Enjoy NetApp Insight!

Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 3d

Osmium Data Group may be boutique, but our mission is bold: building an independent analyst voice for EMEA’s data infrastructure and enterprise tech community.

Also, our first flagship research format is almost here!

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 3d

The desert area around Las Vegas is -to me at least- way better than the city. Glad you had some "you" time!

Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 9d

It's true and that works both ways. I was able to find out more about my great-grandmother parents in a relative tree, but that also helped me discover the entire family branch through tedious study of Italian archives and presumably get all the way back to 1763 on a previously unknown branch.

Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 14d

Just seeing this now... I'm also using gramps-web via docker-compose but make all changes in the Gramps thick client and syncing over. I miss some of the features from MyHeritage, but I'm now at the point where it's a lot of data clean-up / curation, plus cross-verifying sources.

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Tech Field Day - TFDx NetApp Insight 2025 - 10/15/2025 @techfieldday.com · 27d

Phison’s aiDaptiv+ uses flash memory unification to cut costs and make large AI models accessible without top-tier GPUs.

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · Sep 9

We have things to say about data sovereignty in Europe. Here's the link to our latest Osmium Update, where @arjantim.bsky.social and I discuss the matter.

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cc: @osmiumdatagroup.bsky.social

Data Sovereignty in 2025: Why Europe’s Digital Future Depends on It

YouTube video by Osmium Data Group

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Chris M Evans @chrismevans.me · Aug 15

Is the Intel relationship too lucrative to break? Could Dell even afford to build Arm-based servers with such low margins? Does Dell (the man and company) have the will to be more of an innovator and designer of hardware?

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Chris M Evans @chrismevans.me · Aug 15

So, could Dell afford to move into the build market with Arm, compared to the assembly market with Intel? Overall gross margin is only 21%. Net Income is only 5% (5.2% in CSG, 9.7% in ISG).

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Chris M Evans @chrismevans.me · Aug 15

Dell spends a tiny amount of money on R&D. Last quarter was $808 million of $23.4 billion revenue, about 3.5%. Historically, the spend was more like 5-5.5% but has declined. The company spends almost 4x this on sales & marketing.

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Chris M Evans @chrismevans.me · Aug 15

Contrast this to Arm, with no finished product. Dell would need to do the whole "Apple" ecosystem thing and design & build themselves. Dell came from the JIT manufacturing process (more assembly really), so the need to get into design/manufacturing may not be desirable.

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Chris M Evans @chrismevans.me · Aug 15

Second, Dell takes "finished product" in the form of already manufactured hardware. I don't know if Dell outsources motherboard & server design, but I suspect this is a "lean" process at the moment, as each new processor generation is released.

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Chris M Evans @chrismevans.me · Aug 15

Agreed. I see a few points of note. First, we have no idea of the Dell/Intel commercial relationship. I expect Dell receives substantial discounts for buying Intel processors and preferential access to development labs before new products are released.

Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thanks for the thorough background research here! Pity I checked only today (and glad I did!). The question you raise about both the company and the man seems self-explanatory.

Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · Aug 15

It's a really good take on Dell, @chrismevans.me. The long term question is what happens to Dell in a future where we eventually shift over to Arm architectures. Are they doing any sort of R&D in there, or are they happily sitting on the laurels of their x86 legacy? Things went down fast for Intel.

Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · Aug 14

Good to hear from you Chris, although I already avidly follow your posts on LinkedIn as well. Interesting developments in our industry for sure!

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Karen Lopez @datachick.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · Aug 14

Heya, regular check-in to see if this place is alive.

Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · Jul 14

This piece was in my head for a long time and somehow I found three hours of contiguous time to fully focus on writing it.

I hope you will find it useful and enjoyable. I had a great time writing it in one go, lovingly handcrafted in Obsidian before releasing it into the world.

How Big Tech Is Killing Productivity

For the past year and something, I've been on an inner journey, a personal quest to improve my life across multiple aspects such as health, relationships, skills, focus, etc. Doing so required unders...

Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · Jul 4

Well, it's time to tell these people "Fuck you and your horrible capitalist system".

Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · Jun 30

May the fleas of a thousand camels bite the face of the mothers of people who implement those useless chatbots.

Justin Warren @jpwarren.pivotnine.com · Jun 30

One of the best* things about all the AI chatbot search things companies keep replacing their search functionality with is the ~10s it takes to generate a summary that says "I couldn't find anything useful".

Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · Jun 25

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