Monthly Archives: December 2006

Security, Storage, and Delaware’s Senator Carper Earlier this year Senator Carper was the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. Perhaps he now will become the committee chairman. Senator Carper has been focusing on Data … Continue reading

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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. – Gandhi 1) It was only a few years ago that people were telling us that it was impossible to develop a third party … Continue reading

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The more things change the more they stay the same Recently while at the SNW show in Orlando, I heard that NetApp was switching its shelf supplier from Xyratex to Dot Hill. When NetApp shifted its purchasing from Eurologic to … Continue reading

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Silicon Valley where Politics and Venture Capital Mix It is always interesting to see who is contributing to Congressional representatives and see if it influences their votes. Silicon Valley’s representive seems to be a favorite of the Venture Capital firms. … Continue reading

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How long do you want your data archive to be readable? One of our friends just told us that NetApp will not allow their R100’s to run anything above Version 7.1 of Ontap. Is this true? Can NetApp’s Nearstore line … Continue reading

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Smaller footprint storage is probably coming very soon… If I was working for Xyratex I would look into how to build a RAID shelf to fit the category of drives Fujitsu is releasing. It could save space and power in … Continue reading

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Interesting TimesMonday, 11 December 2006BlueArc Defends IP, Wins NetApp Lawsuit BlueArc, a provider of network storage, has said that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the lower court’s decision to dismiss the patent infringement … Continue reading

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Bill and Michael’s Excellent Adventure! It looks like Microsoft and Dell are going after the boys of NetApp in Sunnyvale. Way back in time Dell and NetApp were friends. But the marriage ended in a messy divorce which left a … Continue reading

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The Economist this week leads with a story about the falling dollar. For Zerowait, and our NetApp customers, a falling dollar is a good thing. Currently, our European and Asian NetApp business is about 20% of our total yearly sales. … Continue reading

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