Monthly Archives: May 2005

Here I go again, reading between the lines of another NetApp press release. In the latest Press Release, NetApp Unveils Midrange NAS Array, you will see that “Glenn Harper, director of data strategy at New York-based Cendant, said the company … Continue reading →

The weekend is upon us! Here in the U.S. it is a holiday weekend, I don’t know where you are, but we are expecting a very nice weekend, not too hot and not too cold with plenty of sunshine. A … Continue reading →

The phones at Zerowait have been ringing off the hook about transferable licenses for NetApp filers. Ever since Jon Toigo and Mike Linett posted blogs about transferable licenses, people want to know what the real answer is. Many people believe … Continue reading →

Transferable licenses – Yes, Zerowait has them – CIFS, NFS, Cluster & Snapmirror! I am asked this question daily, but because of Jon Toigo’s article in searchstorage we have gotten a flurry of calls today. NetApp does provide transferable licenses. … Continue reading →

“Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience.” — Theodore Roosevelt Caveat vendorMay 19th 2005 | NEW YORK>From The Economist print edition A Florida court wallops one of Wall Street’s top investment banks COULD the headlines get any worse … Continue reading →

There was a new press release posted on CRN yesterday, Updated NetApp Line Supports Mixed Drives. On the surface it sounds very nice, and it could be just what you need. However, I am always one to read between the … Continue reading →

May 23, 2005 08:02 AM US Eastern Timezone Network Appliance Changes Game for Midrange Enterprise Storage Consistancy Almost every one of our customers wants their suppliers to be consistant. In this press release NetApp emphasizes how their new systems change … Continue reading →

A customer called us the other day to compliment us on our fast service and then he asked how we knew so much about NetApp’s products. The call was transferred to me and I explained that we were once a … Continue reading →

I really like Dave Hitz, he took me to dinner once at a Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Baltimore. He seems like a really nice & sincere guy. But over the years he seems to have changed his tune about … Continue reading →

Yesterday I traveled to Philadelphia to visit the AIIM show, I saw the folks from EMC, Sony, NetApp, IBM and HDS. The showfloor was not very well attended and so I got a chance too talk to the folks manning … Continue reading →