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Over the last several years I have been watching Larry Ellison’s storage company Pillar Data Systems to see how they leverage their unique Oracle connection. It seems they have been very careful to not upset the applecart for the storage … Continue reading →

It must be hard to pick your strategic partners these days if you are a storage vendor. For example, Riverbed is a partner of NetApp , but it looks like Riverbed is about to release a very competitive product offering … Continue reading →

Zerowait sponsored Racer 94 at the Reno races and we placed second in the Bronze T-6 Class. As a first time sponsor with a new pilot, Ott Claremont, we did very well in the Bronze T6 race. Our western customer … Continue reading →

Recently the Executives at NetApp have been extemely quiet, which may have contributed to new rumors of a takover possibility for NetApp. One of our customers sent me this link and asked what I knew. Could Takeover Rumors On NetApp … Continue reading →

According to the New York Times, Sun is getting ready to unleash new Storage products into the Enterprise space. Although NetApp does not think they will be any threat, I have spoken with many customers who are thrilled with the … Continue reading →

Most of the time when issues of compliance come up within our industry it is about meeting standards for data integrity and security. But because of the recent spikes in energy costs for running and cooling data centers fire code … Continue reading →

Last week we had a customer who called with a problem. While working with the client we decided that the best way to solve the problem was to go on site. So we told the customer we would fly up … Continue reading →

I am going up to New England to visit with some of our customers for the next few days. The New England area has been a good area for our business for many years. At one time in 2000 our … Continue reading →

According to an article in Computerworld the product does not match features with EMC, but what if IBM is testing the waters with XIV to see if it can slowly turn their N Series customers into XIV customers. IBM’s OEM … Continue reading →

NetApp has hit a rough spot. They are increasing the size of their sales force but sales are not growing that fast yet and they risk alienating their reseller channel: “They feel like if they can put more people on … Continue reading →