Storage Nation

One of the thoughts being promoted by one of our competitors last week was "snaps are all you need for data protection".  Some folks at EMC asked me to comment, so I thought I'd share here. Let me know what you think? Yes, But … Here's where I would agree with the thought

"Nothing good is easy ; nothing easy is good". I don't remember who said that originally, but that thought has always stuck in my head. And as I work with more organizations who have started down a private cloud road (or something very similar), I'm beginning to see repeatable patterns emerge

Two weeks ago, I posted " My Friday Rant " — nothing more than getting a few industry observations off of my chest without provoking the usual competitive response.

Over the several years that I've been blogging, I have learned many times that most people don't appreciate a rant — especially when it comes to one vendor criticizing another. Now, given the extremely competitive nature of our industry, and the fact that I obviously work for a vendor, this makes for a problem — how best to share my somewhat pointed comments about what others are doing?  And not annoy everyone in the process? I see what everyone does, and — given my obvious biases — I still think I have a worthwhile perspective that might be interesting to some — what to do about it