Monthly Archives: June 2005

Transferable Licenses This subject comes up almost daily. NetApp provides transferable licensing. Zerowait stocks systems with transferable NFS,CIFS,Cluster and Snap mirror. If a NetApp Salesman tells you that there is no such thing as a transferable license Call Zerowait. 888.811.0808 … Continue reading →

Dave Hitz discounts from NetApp. Dave Hitz, cofounder and head of engineering at NetApp. “We have a single software system, and we can cut our prices to gain market share,” he says. Tuesday was an interesting day. It seems that … Continue reading →

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.” — Benjamin Franklin Over a week in the office I probably speak to an average of 20 different customers. And every week our engineers probably speak to the same number of customers. I … Continue reading →

Last week a customer called us up in a panic. They needed 28 DS 14 36GB drives in a hurry and wanted to know if we had them. We checked our inventory found we had plenty in stock and said … Continue reading →

Disaster Recovery or Disaster Prevention There was a great article in search storage on the ten reasons DR plans fail recently, I suggest that you read it if you are concerned about your business continuity after a data loss event. … Continue reading →

Email Compliance Conversation I received a call from a customer who was worried about regulatory compliance for his email. He had looked into a solution and was suffering sticker shock from the price quote he received. I asked him how … Continue reading →

On Sunday, I had lunch with Zerowait’s first customer. We still do work for them and we had to get together to discuss a project we are working on for them. We have been working with this customer for 16 … Continue reading →

Last week a customer spoke to me at length because they need a NetApp storage specialist for a few month assignment. He wanted to know if we could help them find a person for a 6 month assignment which is … Continue reading →

Last week I was having breakfast with a customer who was complaining about the limited lifecycles of most IT equipment. He went through the usual list of problems that are caused by manufacturers who only support the current and last … Continue reading →

On Thursday we were arranging a shipment from the Netherlands to Zerowait in the USA, and also putting together a shipment that will be going to Amsterdam. Additionally, we were packing an order to go to Hawaii, and got out … Continue reading →