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Can NetApp Compete with Western Digital and Iomega on the Small Business and Medium Business market? Data Storage News24 September 2007Speed boost for external storageBy Chris Mellor, Techworld “Western Digital and Iomega have introduced better external storage products for small … Continue reading →

There may be affordable solutions coming for transporting storage mirrors and archives over longer distances.From the Wall street Journal “”We can no longer rely on last-generation technology, which has essentially remained unchanged for 40 years, to power Internet performance,” says … Continue reading →

Conventional Wisdom is often wrong, but sometimes it is related to NetApp storage. In this week’s Economist is an article called Advanced biofuels Ethanol, schmethanol .. “Everyone seems to think that ethanol is a good way to make cars greener. … Continue reading →

Former Network Appliance Manager Charged With Embezzlement – US Attorney….Here is the linkPosted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 LAWFUEL – Former Transportation Manager of Network Appliance Corporation Charged Over $ 90,000 in Personal Expenses to Corporation SAN JOSE – United … Continue reading →

Congressional Earmarks for SAN’s. Nothing should surprise us anymore… Storage Area Network Earmark “$1,000,000 to Eisenhower Medical Center for Storage Area Network” Sponsor: Rep. Bono (R-CA) *********************************************Storage Area Network Earmark “$3,000,000 to University of California – Redlands for Spintronics Memory … Continue reading →

What was your favorite OnTap version? This is an interesting question lately because the multiple releases of version 7 and all the patches remind many users of the updates of MS Vista. According to this article MicroSoft is letting folks … Continue reading →

Is IBM thinking outside the box? Which will generate more revenue in a free software world – hardware services or software services? The recent announcement that they will join the open office movement and dedicate 35 engineers to the project … Continue reading →

Is this strategic thinking? In 2005 NetApp instituted its hard deck program, and now in 2007 NetApp is instituting a new Foundation for its sales program. It looks pretty much like the old program to me. In 2005 “Besides its … Continue reading →

Go fast, turn left. Rare Bear Wins! Last week I was visiting customers on the west coast and then went out to the Reno Air Races. A few of our customers attended the races also, and we had great time. … Continue reading →

Do you want your storage vendor to be proactive or retroactive? According to this article NetApp is trying to be retroactive… “Once up and running, there’s a Storage Availability Audit service. The retroactive audit makes sure customers are making use … Continue reading →