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Being part of the Solution

Over the last few months a lot of customers have told us how much they appreciate our storage support solutions. As networks and storage grew in complexity and amount of storage under management, companies often found their support and maintenance … Continue reading

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Cisco is moving into servers

It was inevitable, margins are shrinking in the router and switch business and they are still quite comfortable in servers and storage. Cisco will be entering the server business and I think they will quickly get into the enterprise storage … Continue reading

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The CFO’s take over

For the last couple of days I have been in New England visiting with customers. The economy is on every one’s mind here, as are the arctic temperatures. Several clients are interested in how we can save them money on … Continue reading

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A convenience which may make data security harder

Yesterday I read about the Cloud Engines Pogoplug in the Wall Street Journal. And as I read the article I kept thinking how this device will make it harder to secure corporate data. Some consumers like the idea of storing … Continue reading

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A Storage tragedy.

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

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Dell to Manufacture Vordel’s XML Networking Appliances

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

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Data Security in a Recession

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

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Shrinking storage budgets projected for 2009

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

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Bad signs for a 2009 chip recovery

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

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NetApp closing Haifa development center

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

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