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I received a few calls over the weekend about takeover rumors regarding NetApp. People want my opinion as to what I think will happen. I have no special information nor do I see any particular strong synergies between any of … Continue reading →

The purchase of SGI by Rackable has a lot of interesting aspects. SGI was started by Jim Clark and Kurt Akeley. Kurt and I knew each other since we were teenagers and flew Radio Control Airplanes together here in Delaware. … Continue reading →

There has been a lot of discussion in the trade press about the IBM and SUN merger and some folks are looking at the storage side of the merger . It’s perhaps the storage side that will see the most … Continue reading →

There is a lot of discussion about the possible acquisition of SUN by IBM. Whether it happens or not presents the issue again of how to manage legacy equipment in your data center. Critical components in your data center might … Continue reading →

This morning’s news of negotiations between IBM and Sun could have a direct effect on NetApp users and also on the NetApp / IBM relationship of re branded filers. After all Sun makes the ZFS powered Thumper and there are … Continue reading →

Cisco is looking to reduce the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of the complete data center and they seem to be looking to partner with EMC and NetApp to enable an integrated solution. NetApp is famous for talking up interoperability … Continue reading →

Are your storage purchases in 2009 increasing or decreasing?By Paul Travis, March 6, 2009, 1:40 PM For the first time in more than five years, worldwide factory revenues for external disk storage systems posted a decline in the fourth quarter … Continue reading →

Today I was on the phone with a series of customers in the South and Southwest, because I am going to visit with them in the next few weeks. The Economic situation is on everyone’s mind. One customer told me … Continue reading →

Imagine the Press release – High availability data center moves Zombie storage into the clouds. (EOL) End Of Life announcements often frighten storage users into upgrading equipment when they don’t have to. Storage administrators know that files and document storage … Continue reading →

Recently, there has been an increase in interest in our services within the financial sector, and that can have multiple reasons. But the root cause is that folks in this storage intensive business need to cut operational costs quickly and … Continue reading →