VCE has been under a veil of mystery, which was partly created by the company itself. VCE produces Vblock™ Infrastructure Platforms and is the joint venture of EMC, CISCO and VMware with Intel as an investor. The behaviour of the competitors of this trio has showed that there is a real fear that VCE may [...]
Posts Tagged Netapp
De-mystifying VCE
Oct 13
Fujitsu Technology Solutions is articulating a storage strategy of building out its own portfolio and only partnering with a select few. EMC becomes the casualty. Globality Fujitsu corporate, which once operated with different approaches in its different regions is now pursuing a Globalised approach. The overall corporate goal is to establish Fujitsu as an IT [...]
NetApp held another well executed industry analyst event at its HQ in June 2011. As a repeat visitor, these events have not changed substantially as the essence to convey and exchange information remains. NetApp takes the plenary stage at the beginning then breakouts follows and one-on-one sessions conclude the event. The tried and tested formula [...]
Dell the Challenger
Aug 31
The bid for 3PAR Dell caught the storage world’s attention when it made a bid that eventually got it into a bidding war with HP over 3PAR. At the time of writing the outcome of this battle is not settled, but the acquisitive Dell is squaring up to HP, EMC, IBM and Oracle. The bidding [...]
Dell to buy 3PAR
Aug 16
Dell announced this morning that 3PAR has agreed to be acquired for $1.15Bn. (See previous 3PARpost from last Tuesday). The attraction for Dell is that it adds an enterprise class product to its portfolio, so fills a stragic aim. Dell will also undoubtedly be able to grow revenues quicker and faster than 3PAR on its [...]
Netapp Strategy Update
Jul 1
Netapp in June re-stated its focus regarding strategy, priorities and outlook. Netapp’s messages revolves around virtualization & cloud and are permeated by its long term commitment to data centre solutions from medium size up to large scale IT. Conversely, Netapp wants to eradicate any perception that it is a midrange supplier or a mere provider [...]
Dot Hill Aims To Raise Its Storage Systems Profile Through Channel, OEM And Software Activities
Mar 24
Claus Egge, Martin Hingley Dot Hill Highlights Q1 2010 Has previously produced OEM disk array and controller products and software for Dell, Fujitsu, HP, NetApp, Sun and others Has supplied over 350k arrays in its 10 year history Has managed the loss of its large and highly profitable Sun business effectively over the last year [...]
With a healthy supply of providers of backup in the Cloud eventually customers will desire standardisation and commonality of services. Cloud providers will be facing the same issues in terms of infrastructure choice, functionality, backup services and customer interfaces. The quality and level of ambition can clearly vary and become the competitive playing field for [...]
Netapp brings cheer
Nov 20
Netapp Q2 results were very nice with revenues flat on same quarter in 2008, while doubling net profit. EMEA contributed to growth but is expected tail off in Q3.
