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NetApp and Microsoft say they are partners. “Network Appliance is strategically committed to architecting storage solutions that are highly compatible with Microsoft technologies. Tight integration of licensed Windows® protocols and complete compatibility with Windows OS enhancements as well as Microsoft … Continue reading →

NetApp adds Bell Micro to its distributor list. “We wanted to expand our customer reach and broaden our VAR base,” said Pete Rawden, UK channel director at NetApp. “Adding another distributor means that more resellers can get products easier and … Continue reading →

What’s your back up plan if you can’t get hard drives from Seagate? Another item for the ‘ you can’t make this up category’ See here….The International Trade Commission (ITC) has announced that it plans to begin an investigation into … Continue reading →

It sounds like Sun is looking at a long term Value Pricing strategy. I was not in Denver this week, but many of the people I respect were. Chris Mellor often has some good insights, and here are some good … Continue reading →

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. – Thomas Sowell You can’t make … Continue reading →

Moore’s Law meets Physics and Economics at the same time.. Over the last few months many customers of ours have noticed that upgrading their filers to the newest systems seems to provide little performance dividend, and therefore keeping older systems … Continue reading →

What is Apple up to? One of our readers sent this… “Apple has seeded version 1.1 of ZFS (Zettabyte File System) for Mac OS X to Developers this week. The preview updates a previous build released on June 26, 2007. … Continue reading →

“Failure is the only opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” Henry Ford Sun has announced that it is going to vigorously go after the storage market now, and I think it’s new ZFS product is a great way to do … Continue reading →

Can NetApp Compete with Western Digital and Iomega on the Small Business and Medium Business market? Data Storage News24 September 2007Speed boost for external storageBy Chris Mellor, Techworld “Western Digital and Iomega have introduced better external storage products for small … Continue reading →

There may be affordable solutions coming for transporting storage mirrors and archives over longer distances.From the Wall street Journal “”We can no longer rely on last-generation technology, which has essentially remained unchanged for 40 years, to power Internet performance,” says … Continue reading →