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Mixed messages

Over the last week there have been some interesting articles on NetApp in the press. What drew my attention was the conflicting views in the articles. While the financial press seems to think there is a lot of growth potential … Continue reading

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DC customers

I spent yesterday visiting customers in DC and Northern Virginia , and then went up to Baltimore to have dinner with another customer and friend. Our customers recognize that paying primary storage support prices for secondary and tertiary storage requirements … Continue reading

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Another great week in Dallas

This week we visited quite a few of our NetApp support customers in the Dallas,TX area and we also discussed our SimplStor archive solution with them. It seems that a lot of folks understand that the expensive secret sauce that … Continue reading

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Zerowait’s Rapid Response to NetApp’s Product Revamp

Zerowait’s Rapid Response to NetApp’s Product Revamp – Expanded Service, Lower Prices for Older Systems As NetApp Revamps Majority of Product Line, Zerowait Assures Users of Ongoing Support for Older Systems Wilmington, DE (Vocus) November 18, 2010 Zerowait has expanded … Continue reading

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A great week in Australia

This week I was in Australia visiting our customers and talking to them about our SimplStor product line. Our customers in Australia clearly understand that our products can save them a lot of money and one of them pointed me … Continue reading

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Competitors and Peers

Many of our customers like to differentiate between competitors and peers. When we look at all the different hardware, services and support that Zerowait provides our customers around the world we find it hard to find any peers. We are … Continue reading

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Zerowait to present at Alaska IT expo

Zerowait’s Presentation at Alaska’s IT Expo Will Focus on Third Party Purchase and Support Options for NetApp Equipment and Affordable Storage Tiering Solutions Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Anchorage, AK (Vocus) October 27, 2010 Zerowait’s message of affordable alternatives for storage … Continue reading

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Tired of the Secret Sauce pitch?

During the SEG show we had a lot of traffic at our trade show booth. It was a great show as some of our old customers told their buddies to stop by our booth and we had a lot of … Continue reading

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SEG show

One of our long time customers stopped by our booth to discuss his plans to retire his F840 and upgrade to a FAs960. They also are a SimplStor user and really like the product.

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Secondary Storage ‘Breakthrough’

SimplStor reduces high availability storage costs; petabyte unit at $300k fits the bill, beats NetApp prices by 5 to 1 Wilmington, DE (Vocus) October 13, 2010 A brand new approach to secondary storage is to be launched at Society of … Continue reading

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