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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 →

Saving money in the Data Center on energy costs, seems to be something just about all of our clients want to do. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had an article that pointed out how radically different an energy producing country’s administration … Continue reading →

The recession is causing a lot of companies to focus on their bottom line, some companies are laying off people which is always hard and others are trying to cut expenses in various ways. Cutting expenses is also hard when … Continue reading →

Last week I went to visit customers and friends in DC, Atlanta and Charlotte. Our list of government customers is growing as time goes by for a number of reasons. Just like everyone else the government needs to stretch their … Continue reading →