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EMC world day one

The first day of the show at EMC world was really great. Our trade show booth was busy the whole time, and there were a lot of folks that really were happy to see us there. We saw quite a … Continue reading

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EMC WORLD Next week

Next week Zerowait will be exhibiting at EMC World in Orlando at booth 149. It is going to be a great trade show and we are looking forward to seeing many of our customers and friends there. Even in the … Continue reading

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Are Dot Hill’s shipments hurting Xyratex sales

Many years ago NetApp purchased their disk arrays from a company called Eurologic. These arrays known as the NetApp FC7, FC8 and FC9 were quite reliable and Eurologic was working on a new set of arrays when Xyratex came out … Continue reading

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A sense of humor

Many times a day we get to laugh with our customers over something that happens or an interesting turn of a phrase in a piece of marketing material or in press release. Sometimes people send us an email with a … Continue reading

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Affordable Long Term High Availability.

Over the last few months our business has been holding up well, we have seen an uptick in business over the same quarter last year and we have picked up quite a number of new customers. Many of the new … Continue reading

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D/R Planning in the Clouds

What is your D/R plan when part of your business critical data is in the cloud and the fiber lines are cut? How do you make a smooth landing and keep your critical business data running if you don’t have … Continue reading

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Upcoming Events

Over the next few weeks the Zerowait folks are going to be at some trade shows and also I will be featured on a panel on cloud computing. The events start this week on Friday with Cloudslam09 the virtual conference … Continue reading

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Brilliant idea

Oracle buys Sun, this is a brilliant tactical and strategic business move by Oracle and they should be commended for it. NEW YORK – Information technology company Oracle Corp. said Monday it is buying Sun Microsystems Inc. in a cash … Continue reading

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That is a lot of Coffee!

IT budgets are under pressure and shrinking in many companies, but according to Computerworld one company is focusing on the price of coffee cups their IT department uses. Companies are also looking beyond technology and personnel to cut IT costs. … Continue reading

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Storage efficiency

“Stop buying storage. You heard me right: Stop buying storage,” Salem said. “How? Reduce the amount of information that you store in the first place, and make the storage you do have more flexible and efficient.” I read this and … Continue reading

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