Monthly Archives: June 2005

A customer called us up recently who had been quoted a price of over $16,000.00 by NetApp for NBD hardware support for his Filer. He was absolutely non plussed over the quote NetApp gave him, and wanted a competitive quote. … Continue reading →

It looks like there might finally be some price competition coming to the enterprise storage market thanks to competitive market forces and it should help NetApp’s customers. I don’t think I have ever seen a more fragmented product marketing strategy … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I received an email from a customer who had been given a quote for a NetApp FAS270. He wanted to know if we could quote him a similar unit. I wanted to know what his application was and what … Continue reading →

I got back last night from a great trip visiting our customers in Europe at the ASCDI meeting in London. It was my first trip to London and I found it a very nice place, it really did not seem … Continue reading →

I just got in this morning from a very busy flying day! The plane I was flying had just come out of a major maintenance inspection. It was in the shop for 6 weeks! One thing experience has taught me … Continue reading →

It seems that inventory management is of interest to a lot of people, many blog readers and Zerowait customers have called or emailed to ask how Zerowait handles a large inventory as well as, service and support systems. Well, if … Continue reading →

Mike and July left for London today, so the rest of the Zerowait staff will be working harder than usual to cover the phone calls, orders and daily business operations that would normally be covered by them. Today, other than … Continue reading →

Thank you!All of us at Zerowait appreciate the difficult job our customers have in managing their data storage networks while working within a tight budget. We work diligently to provide our customers with the highest quality of service and support … Continue reading →

OK, I hate to sound like a broken record here, but I just can’t overlook some of this stuff! It seems as if Dave Hitz is contradicting himself again. In this article from Forbes.com, Dave is quoted as saying, “We … Continue reading →

Good Monday to everyone! If anyone, especially Zerowait’s European customers who would like to set up a meeting with Mike Linett, he will be in London this week. Mike will be attending the ASCDI, 2005 EUROPEAN CONFERENCE. It is a … Continue reading →