I had just departed IBM when Lou Gertsner, joined the company as IBM’s CEO. In some ways, seeing Meg Whitman enter into HP feels like a throw-back to his entry. The naysayers that have stood at the side lines and … Continued
My Dad is a captain – former skipper of a USN destroyer, cruise ship and others. I am not a fan of sailing, in as much as this ‘julie’ gets sea-sick. However, I have been on enough ships, heard enough … Continued
Too many years ago, I grew an IT service organization from $10 to 100M in revenue. We did not resell hardware, rather chose to focus on vertical expertise and software (JD Edwards) and partnered with IBM. We held an illustrious … Continued
Storage Performance A Big Impact On Virtualization Camberley Bates, managing director of analyst firm Evaluator Group, hosted a panel during the COMDEXvirtual conference on how storage performance impacts business’ moves to virtualize their IT infrastructure. Read the article with commentary … Continued
HP’s December 3rd announcement marks the end of an era for one of the most loved storage systems in the market, the EVA. When a product has seen over 110,000 installations and 10 years of acceptance, the replacement is always … Continued
Four weeks ago I had a conversation with one of our end users about planned storage acquisitions in the next 12 months. The answer, from the storage architect of a top 5 financial institution was “ZERO, Nada, None.” “Are you … Continued
Last week, VDI-IOmark released its second publicly reported benchmark. Astute Networks demonstrated support for 400 standard VDI users with a storage system costing $30,000.00 (or $76.50 per user). Over the last year we have tested many storage systems with VDI-IOmark, … Continued
When I lecture on channel partners and what drives them, I always place relationships as number 2 on the top 10 motivation list, meaning the partners are in the relationship for the long run and will opt for the end … Continued
After a few months’ hiatus, and the deluge of new products, I am back commenting on adoption. This might all be appropriate, as the deluge of announcements included GA releases and Statements of Direction going out many, many months. My … Continued
Over the last few months during our education courses and conferences, one topic kept coming up – the conservative nature of Storage Architects and Administrators (no – I am not talking Limbaugh or politics). Storage, in comparison to other technologies, … Continued
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