Crackpot Ideas

My name is Matthew Zito, and Crackpot Ideas is my personal domain.  At the moment it is used only for email (matt@crackpotideas.com), and this blog, which I set up to discuss interesting trends in technology.

In my day job, I’m the Chief Scientist and one of the founders of GridApp Systems (http://www.gridapp.com).  We make database automation software – software that companies all over the world use to enable mass database patching, standardized deployment, etc.  Obviously, everything I say in this blog reflects my opinion alone, and in no way is the opinion of GridApp.

While I spend most of my time during the day dealing with databases, my background is in large-scale enterprise infrastructure.  I helped build a lot of the server, storage, and networking infrastructure at Register.com, and after that I went to EMC, where I designed very large storage networks for a number of big companies.

I decided to blog after I realized that while my job gives me a great opportunity to talk to people about databases and their administration, I don’t get a lot of opportunity to talk about some of the other areas I have a background and interest in.   Servers, storage, networks, virtualization, infrastructure management – these are all major areas I plan to focus on – but I reserve the right to talk about any other ridiculousness.

If you have comments or feedback, or just want to get in touch, the easiest way is to email me – matt@crackpotideas.com