Monthly Archives: May 2008

it’s nice to get feedback like this!

Every day we work hard to make certain that our customers are satisfied, and it is great when we get feedback like this. *****************************************Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:26 PM You guys are great! Thanks again! E *****************************************

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Starting the summer season

Summer is starting and with higher energy prices there might be some incentives for raising the thermostats in your Data Centers. However, one thing we have noticed over the years of supporting hard drives in the field is that higher … Continue reading

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NetApp to increase Direct Sales Force

There is an announcement today that NetApp plans to increase its direct sales force. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based NetApp (Nasdaq: NTAP), a data storage company that employs roughly 700 in the Triangle, plans on boosting its sales force by hundreds of workers … Continue reading

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New England customers

Last week I was in New England visiting some of our customers . It was a great trip and it looks like we will picking up some more business from our clients. All the folks I met with are trying … Continue reading

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IBM & NetApp channel conflict reported in media

Since IBM started reselling NetApp products a few years ago savvy customers have been playing the two companies sales organizations against each other. Now it seems analysts are noticing this is causing some consternation in the competitive channel organizations. This … Continue reading

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Wall Street Journal article on IT belt tightening

To say that many enterprise IT departments are cutting back on their IT expenditures would not be surprising to many of our customers. But it is interesting to notice that the Wall Street Journal has written an article on the … Continue reading

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Is Fujitsu Siemens tired of NetApp?

An interesting note in today’s Byte and Switch caught my attention. Pacific Growth Equities analyst Kaushik Roy discussed a possible Fujitsu/Exanet deal in a report on NetApp last week: “We are concerned that NetApp’s second largest OEM customer Fujitsu Siemens … Continue reading

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Is virtualization cheaper?

What does virtualization mean anyway? “[Virtualization is] a technique for hiding the physical characteristics of computing resources from the way in which other systems, applications, or end users interact with those resources. This includes making a single physical resource (such … Continue reading

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Saying thank you

This morning one of our customers in Texas called me to tell me to thank our engineering staff for helping them solve a thorny issue with one of their clusters. Our staff worked on Friday, and over the weekend they … Continue reading

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Taxing the internet

New York State seems to be trying to drive more business away according to this Editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal. Return of the Web TaxWall Street Journal May 1, 2008; Page A16 New York Governor David Paterson is not … Continue reading

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