Monthly Archives: July 2008

A few months ago people we saying that Starbucks would not suffer in tough economic times because folks will always have enough money for a luxury item like Coffee. But now we see that Starbucks is having a rough time … Continue reading →

Over the last few weeks we have been hearing from a lot of companies who are getting really tired of their NetApp Sales Reps and engineers telling them they need to upgrade their systems. When customers ask to see how … Continue reading →

For many years our customers have been telling us that by using Zerowait for service and support of their NetApp equipment they can get a better Return on Investment (ROI) than they can get from the equipment OEM. And now … Continue reading →

Last week I went to see some of our extended family of customers in the southeast. I visited customers in Charlotte, NC; Atlanta, GA; and St.Petersburg, FL. It is always great to get out of the office and meet with … Continue reading →

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are looking at an alternative to silicon SSD’s . It could create an interesting new niche market for high performance storage. “New Nanowire-Based Memory Could Beef Up Information Storageby Laura Mgrdichian, Nanotechnology / PhysicsA … Continue reading →

I remember in 1998 and 1999 when we were selling new NetApp F740′s and F760′s and it was a big deal to sell a system that went to 1 TB. It was not that long ago. This week we are … Continue reading →

Last night I was reading an article in the Economist that was praising the CEO of VMware, Diane Green. I thought it was a particularly interesting article, This morning I read an article by Adam Lashinsky which had a distinctly … Continue reading →

According to a study partly done by the good folks at NetApp, “most data in enterprise networks rarely gets accessed” If this is the case , why should a customer put these rarely accessed files on the newest storage array? … Continue reading →

Rumors have been circling for some time about an expansion of the NetApp / CDW partnership. And from what I am hearing it is now official and NetApp is unveiling a big marketing push to support CDW as a primary … Continue reading →