Author Archives: steven

You can’t make this up…. it seems that NetApp and another partner are not getting along. Is there a pattern here? When things were goodLowell, Mass. – November 21, 2005 — Acopia Networks, the innovator of Adaptive Resource Networking, today … Continue reading →

Will NetApp continue to be an American company in the future? A couple of months ago we learned that Ontap ,the NetApp software, is actually owned in the Netherlands for tax reasons. And now we are learning that NetApp’s global … Continue reading →

Another project begins! A couple of my engineers are Jeep nuts like me, and have been looking for a project Willys Jeep. I have had my eyes on this CJ3B since 1989. My friends took the engine and transmission out … Continue reading →

Chuck Hollis of EMC on NetApp marketing techniques. Click here or read below. NetApp: Bad Marketing vs. Good Marketing All is fair in love, war and marketing. Or is it? Do we, as vendors, have a responsibility to our customers … Continue reading →

What percentage of your corporate storage is Spam? The volume of spam rocketed in December to account for a record 94% of all Internet-sent e-mail during the month, a message security company said Wednesday. “This continued rise in spam levels … Continue reading →

Why does NetApp charge so much for their equipment? I get asked this all the time, and the answer is based on many factors but mostly it is because the market perceives a NetApp label to be worth more than … Continue reading →

Hitachi announces the arrival of 1TB drives. A 1TB hard drive for $399 is likely to be an instant hit among early adopters and video pros. That price translates to about 40 cents per gigabyte, or 0.04 cents per megabyte. … Continue reading →

Has California Seceded from the United States and joined the European Union? RoHS Regulations Adopted and DVD Players with LCD’s Covered On December 29, 2006 the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved California regulations implementing RoHS, and adding DVD … Continue reading →

Security, Storage, and Delaware’s Senator Carper Earlier this year Senator Carper was the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. Perhaps he now will become the committee chairman. Senator Carper has been focusing on Data … Continue reading →

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. – Gandhi 1) It was only a few years ago that people were telling us that it was impossible to develop a third party … Continue reading →