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 will expand their partnershp to offer European customers dedicated consulting resources coupled with a server and enterprise storage platform optimized for the Oracle Database environments. Through the partnership, the two companies will open a new state-of-the-art Center of Excellence (CoE) facility at Oracle Corp’s Munich, Germany, campus. Dedicated experts and resources will be on-call at the CoE to help customers easily and cost-effectively deploy server and storage systems.

But now we learn there may be trouble in paradise

Fujitsu Siemens challenges EMC and NetApp on virtual tape

Fujitsu Siemens Computers is taking its CentricStor virtual tape appliance to midsize users, introducing two entry-level models with a mere 2.7TB of caching disk each and the ability to connect to one tape library and up to four physical tape drives.

Is there any partnership that NetApp has that is trouble free?
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