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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 →

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 →

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 →

“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 →

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 →