Monthly Archives: June 2008

Financial lay-offs could be worst since tech bust

Zerowait has seen a major uptick in our business since the financial problems began for the banks. Many CTO’s and CFO’s recognize that although they are locked into NetApp’s proprietary solutions, they can extend the lifespan of their NetApp Equipment … Continue reading

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FreeBSD in NetApp

According to a Press release today FreeBSD is “providing key components ” of NetApp filers. FreeBSD technology can be found throughout the IT industry, providing key components of Apple’s OS X, network infrastructure from Juniper, Nokia, IronPort and other vendors, … Continue reading

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The politics of Enterprise Storage

Yesterday, I was talking to a friend of mine about which way he thought the big shots in Enterprise Storage companies would contribute to political campaigns. It is no wonder that billion dollar storage companies employees are willing to back … Continue reading

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Sometimes the competition calls us

A competitor called me up the other day and said some really nice things about our company and the loyalty of our customers. He wanted to know how we do it. I told him it was not easy. Looking back … Continue reading

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Another NetApp executive jumps ship

Why would an executive who was running a very successful division of a growing company jump ship? According to this press release NetApp’s storevault product was a very successful product. “Last year, NetApp StoreVault S500 took top honors. As it … Continue reading

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New NetApp discovery – VARS want to make a profit!

This breaking news was reported on Friday evening. “We got partner feedback,” he said. “They said they want to provide us support for professional services. But they didn’t want to pay $10,000 on top of the expense of taking people … Continue reading

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Tom Mendoza in the Wall Street Journal

Tom Mendoza is highlighted in the Wall Street Journal today in a very good piece. I met Tom twice at two succeeding NetApp Reseller conferences, the first time was in the Hayes conference center in San Jose and the second … Continue reading

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Upcoming events

Over the years Zerowait has had many customer conferences at different locations around the country. For a few years we had our conferences in Key west every May, and these conferences were a big hit. This year we are having … Continue reading

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