Storage Nation

As some of you know, I'm over in Rome for a few days of meetings, to be followed by a week of overdue vacation time. Much has been said about EMC and VMware's recent strong quarters, including this unique perspective from Storagezilla , but I wanted to share one big thought that stood out above all else. All About Earnings Calls Earning calls in our industry are mostly about economic results — how well did you do, how well do you expect to do, etc.  All of that is pretty standard fare.  You can listen to EMC's here , or get a transcript here .

I have been buried getting ready for several upcoming events that will see me in Las Vegas, then Minneapolis, then New York, then Chicago, then…  Preparation involves developing a bunch of presentations, white papers, book chapters, etc.  Very busy…therefore slow to post.  That said, when I received this link today in email, I was so steamed, I

You will all have already seen IBM’s announcement last week on it’s Long Term File System (LTFS).

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Okay, so I was tricked by an email into clicking on a link to a video report about Microsoft and HP joining forces to create stovepipes for running Microsoft software on HP hardware.  See the video for yourself here. The idea, supposedly driven by cloud computing and NOT by Oracle’s acquistion of Sun/STK (IDC goes to

If you're like most people in our industry, I'm sure you have many opportunities to participate in all sorts of industry surveys.  It seems these days that everyone wants your opinion. For the last three years, EMC Education Services has sponsored a comprehensive survey of IT professionals on the perennially touchy subject of information storage and management challenges. Last year, over 1,400 IT professionals shared their opinions, which resulted in a fascinating composite view of shared challenges and priorities across the globe.

The sky is falling!  Cloud storage and computing are the next Hindenberg!  Run for your lives!  Or so some analysts, news agencies, and bloggers would have you believe. Whilst there have certainly been some very high profile cloud computing failures in T-Mobile’s Sidekick, as well as Google Gmail and Google Apps several times throughout 2009, it is important to put some things in perspective. Now, I’m not going to have a go at any alarmist headlinRead More..

Today we announced the $1 million dollar virtualization challenge contest. In this program we are looking for a non-NetApp customer who is willing to migrate their existing VMware infrastructure to a $1 million NetApp solution, if they are willing to publicly share the results of their migration. The winning submission will make out pretty well as they will receive $850K in storage, $100K in support, and $50K in software at no cost.