Monthly Archives: November 2006

“It has become dramatically clear that the foundation of corporate integrity is personal integrity.” (DiPiazza, Sam, CEO of PriceswaterhouseCoopers. May 13, 2003. It’s All Down to Personal Values. http:www.pwcglobal.com). Jon Toigo called me on Wednesday and asked me if I … Continue reading

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Ephemeral Storage equipment Over the last few weeks we have been speaking to a client that is rather concerned about the ephemeral nature of his NetApp equipment. Although he trusts his data is secure with NetApp, he was not so … Continue reading

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More Channel Trouble for NetApp? Until recently we were told that Fujitsu Siemens and NetApp were partners, and it seems that they have been for a long time. From 2003… Network Appliance Inc and Fujitsu Siemens Computers, announced that they … Continue reading

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It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill – Wilbur Wright Just as Orville and Wilbur found out, if you study the fundementals you will learn that the common knowledge is often misleading or just … Continue reading

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Holiday NetApp Transferable license specials: FAS980’s with NFSFAS940’s available with NFS / CIFS and ClusterR150’s with NFS / CIFSR100’s with NFS / CIFS Many of our customers like to keep their environments as homogeneous as possible so we also have … Continue reading

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“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”Henry Ford * Beginning – Zerowait started introducing customers to NetApp’s products in 1998 when we signed our reseller agreement. Our understanding of High Availability infrastructures made it … Continue reading

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When Partners Compete Customers win! From Toasters the mailing list of NetApp’s users – a way to get better pricing on NetApp equipment. Make IBM & NetApp compete with each other!We just went with a few IBM boxes here. We … Continue reading

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And now for something completely different. My buddy Greg’s amphicar has been swimming!

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“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” Lewis Carroll A couple of times a week I will get a call or be talking to a prospective customer who has a massive problem in … Continue reading

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“Competition creates better products, alliances create better companies.” Brian Graham With Topio, NetApp and its partners get two key benefits, starting with low-cost disaster recovery, according to Rogers. “This will be quite popular with our customers. Now our NearStore solution … Continue reading

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