Inside System Storage: Volume V picks up where Volume IV ends, with another set of blog posts from May 2010 to February 2011, including behind-the-scenes commentary.

Inside System Storage: Volume II picks up where Volume I ends, with eight more months of blog posts, including behind-the-scenes commentary about IBM's transformation in its storage business involving two key acquisitions: XIV and Diligent.

This blog-based book, or "blook", comprises the first twelve months of posts from Inside System Storage, a blog discussing computer storage concepts in general, and IBM System Storage(t) products in particular. Tony Pearson, shares his thoughts and experiences about: *IT storage and storage networking concepts *IBM strategy, hardware, software and services *Disk systems, Tape systems, and storage networking *Storage and infrastructure management software *Second Life, Facebook, and other Web 2.0 platforms *IBM's many alliances, partners and competitors *How IT storage impacts society and industry