{"id":396,"date":"2007-02-19T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-19T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/?p=396"},"modified":"2007-02-19T14:02:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-19T14:02:00","slug":"396","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/index.php\/2007\/02\/19\/396\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Is NetApp concerned  that Huawei  and Xyratex have teamed up?<\/span> If Huawei is using the same storage subsystem provider as NetApp how long will it be before Huawei introduces a very similar product to NetApp&#8217;s? Suppose that NetApp&#8217;s Gross Margins remain high,  Huawei&#8217;s interest in the enterprise stroage market is logical from a business perspective, and in the long run may produce competition for NetApp equipment.  How similar will the Huawei equipment be to NetApp&#8217;s DS14 series of storage shelves? It will be interesting to see what hits the market from this team.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.byteandswitch.com\/document.asp?doc_id=115424&#038;WT.svl=news2_1\"><br \/><span class=\"text\">Storage is a priority for Huawei, according to the company&#8217;s spokeswoman Lynn Zhou. &#8220;Both storage and security are recognized within Huawei as areas of strategic importance as [telecom] operators move towards an all-IP network environment,&#8221; she said in an email to <i>Byte &amp; Switch<\/i>.<\/span><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.byteandswitch.com\/document.asp?doc_id=115424&#038;WT.svl=news2_1\"><span class=\"text\"><\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.byteandswitch.com\/document.asp?doc_id=115424&amp;WT.svl=news2_1\">Certainly, Chinese technology giants have been fleshing out their storage strategies. Huawei, for example, was teamed up with 3Com, and also forged partnerships with FalconStor, Intransa, iVivity, and Xyratex.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The Chinese connection may also explain NetApp&#8217;s rush into Bangalore India to lower its cost structure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/11084229-117189425443083888?l=zerowait.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is NetApp concerned that Huawei and Xyratex have teamed up? If Huawei is using the same storage subsystem provider as NetApp how long will it be before Huawei introduces a very similar product to NetApp&#8217;s? Suppose that NetApp&#8217;s Gross Margins &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/index.php\/2007\/02\/19\/396\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}