Author Archives: steven

Storage and Security On Thursday I met with Jon Toigo in Washington DC for a few hours. We discussed many subjects, but most of our time was spent discussing security and the lack of common sense in the industry. Vendors … Continue reading →

Lot’s of times we have customers call us who need to rent a few TB of NetApp storage for a data migration or for a special project. As we have in an enormous stock of NetApp storage shelves we can … Continue reading →

NetApp Transferable Licenses -NetApp R100, NetApp FAS940, NetApp F840, NetApp 820 and NetApp F810 – these systems are certified by NetApp and eligible for NetApp support or our ZPA coverage. Zerowait stocks systems with transferableNetApp licenses. We have NFS, CIFS,Cluster … Continue reading →

NetApp Storage Costs Can you look at the cost of your NetApp storage in isolation? By its very definition Network Attached Storage needs to have a Network for it to work. How do you include network costs in your cost … Continue reading →

“We’re not junk, we’re not scrap, and we won’t be treated that way!” — From the movie ROBOTS. As most of our readers know, we do a tremendous business in NetApp replacement parts. There are a lot of reasons for … Continue reading →

Over the holiday weekend I spoke to a few friends about their operational costs of storage. These guys work at a major bank with offices & Data Centers all over the world. They know that Zerowait provides service and support … Continue reading →

Thanksgiving holiday Zerowait will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. We want to wish all of our customers and their families the happiest of holidays. I also want to thank my employees for their hard work and dedication to this … Continue reading →

“I love Thanksgiving. It’s the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.” Arnold Schwarzenegger

Can anyone verify this statement by NetApp’s CEO in Byte and switch? Dan Warmenhoven, CEO of Network Appliance. “NetApp provides customers with the best storage utilization rates in the industry, allowing them to decrease their total cost of ownership and … Continue reading →

Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of … Continue reading →