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Last week a customer spoke to me at length because they need a NetApp storage specialist for a few month assignment. He wanted to know if we could help them find a person for a 6 month assignment which is … Continue reading →

Last week I was having breakfast with a customer who was complaining about the limited lifecycles of most IT equipment. He went through the usual list of problems that are caused by manufacturers who only support the current and last … Continue reading →

On Thursday we were arranging a shipment from the Netherlands to Zerowait in the USA, and also putting together a shipment that will be going to Amsterdam. Additionally, we were packing an order to go to Hawaii, and got out … Continue reading →

A customer called us up recently who had been quoted a price of over $16,000.00 by NetApp for NBD hardware support for his Filer. He was absolutely non plussed over the quote NetApp gave him, and wanted a competitive quote. … Continue reading →

It looks like there might finally be some price competition coming to the enterprise storage market thanks to competitive market forces and it should help NetApp’s customers. I don’t think I have ever seen a more fragmented product marketing strategy … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I received an email from a customer who had been given a quote for a NetApp FAS270. He wanted to know if we could quote him a similar unit. I wanted to know what his application was and what … Continue reading →

I got back last night from a great trip visiting our customers in Europe at the ASCDI meeting in London. It was my first trip to London and I found it a very nice place, it really did not seem … Continue reading →

I just got in this morning from a very busy flying day! The plane I was flying had just come out of a major maintenance inspection. It was in the shop for 6 weeks! One thing experience has taught me … Continue reading →

It seems that inventory management is of interest to a lot of people, many blog readers and Zerowait customers have called or emailed to ask how Zerowait handles a large inventory as well as, service and support systems. Well, if … Continue reading →

Mike and July left for London today, so the rest of the Zerowait staff will be working harder than usual to cover the phone calls, orders and daily business operations that would normally be covered by them. Today, other than … Continue reading →