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Comment on Dell Storage Forum Comes to London by Gina Minks - Dell Storage Forum London – the big fat review post

Gina Minks - Dell Storage Forum London – the big fat review post — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:43:35 +0000

[...] Dell Storage Forum comes to London [...]

Comment on Dell Accelerates Its Storage Strategy by Dell Storage Forum Comes to London | Claus Egge

Dell Storage Forum Comes to London | Claus Egge — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:15:44 +0000

[...] today in London. It was similar in format to the Florida event I attended, about which I wrote this post. This meant senior execs flying in to first of all meet customers, but also channel partners, [...]

Comment on Replify Co-operative LAN by Bridgeworks SANSlide – Virtualising the TCP/IP Stream | Claus Egge

Bridgeworks SANSlide – Virtualising the TCP/IP Stream | Claus Egge — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:38:41 +0000

[...] Which is seen in the case of WAN optimisation by companies such as Riverbed or Replify my previous blog post where chattiness and added data could be eradicated. There is another in-efficiency in TCP/IP [...]

Comment on Cloud Storage Providers, Access Points & Networks – Visiting Redstor by microsoft cloud

microsoft cloud — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:41:23 +0000

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Comment on Object Storage – A New Proposition? by Object Storage – A New Proposition? « Storage CH Blog

Object Storage – A New Proposition? « Storage CH Blog — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:15:55 +0000

[...] One group of computer scientists quickly finds flaws with the status quo and looks at doing things differently. In the case of databases these were only the answer to some of the needs because they brought with them their own set of restrictions. Object storage is using a separate layer above the file system but is different from a database. The motivation for doing things differently lies in the reality of the computing schema combined with what problems object based storage is trying to fix. A parallel is CAS [1] footnote. [...]

Comment on De-mystifying VCE by cegge

cegge — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:43:31 +0000

Scott: correct, and updated. Thanks

Comment on De-mystifying VCE by Scott

Scott — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:02:42 +0000

There is one typographical error that I need to correct. Cisco provides the Nexus and MDS switches in the Vblock, your blog states VNX / MDS switches.

Comment on De-mystifying VCE by Martin Hingley

Martin Hingley — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:32:20 +0000

Just the type of new partnership relationship we should expect in a vertically integrated world. HP perhaps could learn from VCE to help it out of its regidly horizontal positioning.
It will be interesting to see how Citrix and Cisco’s new relationship will be handled by VCE.

Comment on Fujitsu First and the Art of the 180 Degree Turn by Martin Hingley

Martin Hingley — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:48:05 +0000

Claus
A great piece of analysis. In my discussions with Fujitsu in the UK last year it made the point that as a Japanese supplier the regions make their own decisions. I wrote “Fujitsu’s approach is to give its regional offices more autonomy, allowing regional managers to make decisions on a large number of issues (although not on big investments or branding).” in my post http://martinhingley.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/fujitsu-cloud-computing-q210/. So a move towards more of a global strategy will be a major shift in direction.
For me this is about the increasing vertical integration of IT suppliers. Fujitsu and Dell want to make more of their own developments in the storage systems space, which looks like a great revenue earner over the next few years. Traditionally EMC not only OEMed products, but also had cross-selling agreements with the likes of HP, ICL, Bull and Fujitsu. Those companies have been going more alone, often purchasing interesting small networked storage companies into the bargain. EMC has also done that: however its partnering with Cisco and (its mostly owned subsidiary) VMware in creating VCE is a go-to-market approach mirroring the vertical integration approaches of others. Whether or not this succeeds in making up for the loss of OEM contracts is uncertain, although it’s interesting to watch. Smaller companies like Dot Hill also have to think about going it alone, as do new entrants like Avere. I suppose they also have possible exit strategies by being acquired by the systems companies.
As for your comment about Fujitsu trying to emulate IBM and HP: I for one have always put them there, albeit it with a strong Japanese focus.
Best – Martin

Comment on Drobo – Satisfying the Curious by Jim Sherhart

Jim Sherhart — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:39:08 +0000

Claus,

Great meeting you in London and thanks for the kind write up. In case any of your readers are interested, the Drobo eBook that explains our technology in detail is available at this link: http://dro.bo/nDnHu6

Best,
Jim Sherhart
Sr. Director of Product Marketing
Drobo