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When Jeff Browning was at NetApp we always paid close attention to what he said. Now he is at EMC, which is interesting. When Jeff speaks, it is still a good idea to pay attention: Jeff has recently started a … Continue reading →

Fun with transportation You might think from watching the FED EX and UPS commercials on TV, or from reading their brochures that transportation and shipping is easy and once everything is in the system it goes perfectly. With GPS in … Continue reading →

NetApp Costs Spiraling out of control? Zerowait has the answers, at a cost you can afford! Earlier this week one of our oldest customers was telling me how tired he was of his NetApp sales & engineering team constantly trying … Continue reading →

Creating a global strategy one customer at a time. Over the last few years it has become clear that our business grows mostly by reference and referral. NetApp customers, like all technology consumers, need to get all the value out … Continue reading →

Many years ago when we were a succesful reseller and RSP for NetApp we introduced a large brokerage firm and mutual fund company to NetApp’s technology. We made an appointment with the NetApp folks in Sunnyvale and the District Representative … Continue reading →

NetApp’s former partner Dell is going to ‘Clobber pricey NetApp’ It looks like Dell is about to try to get even with NetApp for past transgressions. Dell: ‘We’ll clobber pricey NetApp with new iSCSI kit’By Austin Modine in San Francisco28 … Continue reading →

Has Looney Tunes moved to Java Drive in Silly Con Valley? Yesterday evening I was discussing NetApp’s cartoon customer characterizations with a couple of our mutual customers. We provide monitoring, maintenance and management of these customers filers after they buy … Continue reading →

NetApp – whatever happened to simple maintenance, management and cost control? Many of our NetApp service and support customers come to us because they have heard from coworkers and peers that Zerowait can help them control their maintenance costs, and … Continue reading →

Testimony in the Brocade options scandal brings to light a rather interesting perspective by Silicon Valley Corporate management. On the third day of the trial that began this week, a witness told the jury that Reyes told her during a … Continue reading →

What happened to selling the ‘Magic’ of NetApp? It seems they are resorting to competing only on price now. Somehow – I don’t think NetApp can compete in the commodity storage business, they have a high cost support and maintenance … Continue reading →