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If you think the Enterprise Storage business is nuts, just try to figure out Congress. From Economist: Dubai Aerospace agreed to buy two aircraft-maintenance companies in North America, one in Canada, the other in Arizona, from Carlyle Group for $1.8 … Continue reading →

The strange world of enterprise storage Something weird is going on here,” said Arun Taneja, founder and analyst with the Taneja Group, who said he’d been working with NeoPath since the company’s inception and had not been aware of the … Continue reading →

How will a trade war with Asia affect your storage infrastructure? 1) Most of the components in enterprise storage systems are made in Asia.2) Most of the assemblies in your storage infrastructure are made in Asia.3) A lot of software … Continue reading →

What will your storage network look like in three years?Brocade has some ideas that may change the cabling and wiring of yourstorage infrastructure.April 01, 2007 (Network World) — Brocade Communications Inc. this week announced plans to incorporate 10Gbit/sec Ethernet and … Continue reading →

Dell is caught in an accounting scandal Is it possible for public companies to comply with all of the rules of the stock exchanges and Sarbanes Oxley any more?An internal investigation into Dell’s accounts has uncovered “evidence of misconduct” and … Continue reading →

Playing high stakes poker with your storage strategy? Cisco has decided they hold the winning hand.March 27, 2007 (Computerworld) — Last week’s announcement that Cisco Systems Inc. intends to acquire NeoPath Networks Inc. (see “News Briefs”) passed by with little … Continue reading →

Yesterday I was visiting customers in Chicago, and all of them said our support was better than NetApp’s Support. One customer is a new customer of ours that we just installed a transferable licensed FAS 940 for. They are migrating … Continue reading →

The other day I was at a user group meeting with a bunch of NetApp users. Some of these folks are old customers and friends and others had never heard of Zerowait. At the meeting, I was asked not to … Continue reading →

Contradictions … From Business Week Starting and stopping plans at will can enable execs to hit multiple stock peaks. After shares at storage technology outfit Network Appliance Inc. (NTAP ) rose 28%, to around 30, late last year, CEO Daniel … Continue reading →

It looks like the Hard Drive Storage security game has changed. What will these developments mean in 18 to 24 months for enterprise storage and the Decru / NetApp valuations? Seagate Ships Super-Secure Hard Disk Drive ASI Computer Technologies will … Continue reading →