Author Archives: steven

Imagine if your company, which survived the downturn in the market in 2008, was shut down because no one backed up the data which was the bread and butter of your company. It looks like a company has experienced this … Continue reading →

Dell which has built systems for many smaller companies for years is rapidly expanding the service and support for the appliances it bulds for companies. Katherine Bennett, Director, Dell EMEA ISG said: “This announcement today with Vordel is another example … Continue reading →

There are quite a few articles in the news today about the vulnerability of corporate data in light of the downturn in the economy. One of the highlights was that former employees may try to use their downloaded information to … Continue reading →

According to a press release this morning storage budgets are expected to decrease in 2009. It will be interesting to see what happens with acquisitions and maintenance budgets in 2009. Fortune 1000 Enterprise Organizations to See 14% Decrease in 2009 … Continue reading →

Today’s Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on the forecast for the chip business next year, and it is pretty grim. Many semiconductor makers were suffering from plummeting prices and excess production capacity even before the recession’s impact began … Continue reading →

NetApp to close Haifa development center Shmulik Shelah9 Dec 08 14:39Network storage solutions provider NetApp Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP) is set to close its Israeli development center in Haifa, which has 60 employees. The center is based on start-up Topio, which … Continue reading →

Today’s Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on how Sunoco’s CIO is trying to stretch his budget dollars. I have cut and pasted some parts of the article here. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: How is the economy affecting the … Continue reading →

Providing high quality service and support for NetApp equipment is a hard business. Even the folks at NetApp admit that it is hard. “There was nothing about this part of our business that was working,” says Rusty Walther, senior vice … Continue reading →

Today is a great time of the year to say thank you to all of Zerowait’s customers and friends. It is also a good time to look back and recognize how lucky I was personally to grow up in Delaware … Continue reading →

I am in Canada for a few days of visiting customers here. Just like so many of our customers, the Canadians know that NetApp makes great products, they call Zerowait because they need an affordable way to expand and maintain … Continue reading →