Monthly Archives: June 2007

Many years ago when we were a succesful reseller and RSP for NetApp we introduced a large brokerage firm and mutual fund company to NetApp’s technology. We made an appointment with the NetApp folks in Sunnyvale and the District Representative … Continue reading →

NetApp’s former partner Dell is going to ‘Clobber pricey NetApp’ It looks like Dell is about to try to get even with NetApp for past transgressions. Dell: ‘We’ll clobber pricey NetApp with new iSCSI kit’By Austin Modine in San Francisco28 … Continue reading →

Has Looney Tunes moved to Java Drive in Silly Con Valley? Yesterday evening I was discussing NetApp’s cartoon customer characterizations with a couple of our mutual customers. We provide monitoring, maintenance and management of these customers filers after they buy … Continue reading →

NetApp – whatever happened to simple maintenance, management and cost control? Many of our NetApp service and support customers come to us because they have heard from coworkers and peers that Zerowait can help them control their maintenance costs, and … Continue reading →

Testimony in the Brocade options scandal brings to light a rather interesting perspective by Silicon Valley Corporate management. On the third day of the trial that began this week, a witness told the jury that Reyes told her during a … Continue reading →

What happened to selling the ‘Magic’ of NetApp? It seems they are resorting to competing only on price now. Somehow – I don’t think NetApp can compete in the commodity storage business, they have a high cost support and maintenance … Continue reading →

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” George Orwell .If you think your data is important and a corporate asset, defending your network is as important as the security of your storage. However the … Continue reading →

Recognizing Vendor Lock in and how to avoid it. Whether you supply information technology, or merely use it, you will benefit from understanding, classifying and measuring switching costs. The “friction-free” economy is a fiction; look for more lock-in, not less, … Continue reading →

Data Points that may mean something: 1) One of our NetApp support customers wrote me this week that he can get a FAS3020 head with 3 years support from NetApp for $30,000.00 with ISCSI and NFS licenses. I found that … Continue reading →

Holographic storage is it the future of storage? The Economist has an article on it this week that is worth reading. Computing: After years of development, holographic data-storage systems are finally ready to go on sale Gillian Blease THE digital … Continue reading →