Author Archives: steven

The Wall Street Journal has an article today on the growing deficit and the possibilities of inflation that it will cause. If the Dollar’s value drops I would expect that the US cost of obtaining storage components from Asia will … Continue reading →

Last week I visited customers in NH, MA and NY. None of the customers were talking about any green shoots in their budgets. As a matter of fact, all the customers were looking for ways in which we could help … Continue reading →

Many folks in the data storage industry associate Zerowait with independent NetApp service and support. But many of our customers know that we do much more than just NetApp service and support. The picture is supposed to illustrate that Zerowait’s … Continue reading →

Energy and power costs are a big part of the decision process when it comes to locating data storage or a complete data center for a company. An MIT PHD student has just created an algorithm to help companies serve … Continue reading →

Zerowait is in the legacy service and support business. It is a niche business, that is expensive for OEM’s to handle, but it is important to the end users we support. Legacy systems are inevitable because networks are never completely … Continue reading →

Whenever NetApp acquisition rumors start I get customers and analysts calling to ask what I think of the news. Yesterday afternoon it seems another rumor was floated and folks wanted to know my thoughts. Tech Rumor of the Day: NetApp … Continue reading →

Over the last few weeks I have heard from a number of companies that they are cutting back on staff. They want to know if Zerowait can assist them with their storage network management on an ongoing basis. And the … Continue reading →

Over the last couple of months as I have watched EMC and NetApp’s bidding war unfold for Data Domain it seemed to me that many folks have forgotten what got NetApp to where they are today. Dave Hitz and his … Continue reading →

Of course we are, but we don’t fit the standard model. Zerowait provides creative solutions to customers’ storage requirements every day. For example our Legacy NetApp service contracts provides customers who are looking to redeploy their superseded NetApp equipment into … Continue reading →

This week I visited customers in the Southeast. It is always great to stop by and see our customers and see how they are coping with the economic environment. Most of the customers I saw are expanding their use of … Continue reading →