Microsoft wants the operating system and their tools to have all the value so that users don't need to go outside of the family. It drives Microsoft crazy that people spend a ton of money with EMC and Veritas on boring old storage issues.
Steve Duplessie
Our research confirms that Oracle Automatic Storage Management delivers high performance, more reliable automation and simplified operations,.. This capability delivers previously unattainable levels of storage management efficiency through highly automated, application-centric rules and policies.
rules management performance efficiency research
We are observing a definite trend of hundreds of terabytes of tape library being replaced with disk,.. These companies were permanently replacing, not augmenting tape.
library
Gear has to be idiot-proof to be successful in the midrange, as they don't want to have a zillion IT gurus if all they do is sell paint or donuts
successful paint
Dell has been kicking butt for a few years in the SMB slice, and HP looks like it is poised to re-join the fray,.. Sun is even selling tons of lower-end SANs into its customer base.
sun selling
The status quo in storage has existed for a long, long time,.. But I think the applecart is about to be upset.
time status
It's attractive because you can start really small and get really, really big,.. It's easy, and smart -- the physical design looks pretty intelligent. As you're scaling up, as opposed to doing a forklift upgrade, you can just modularly add in capacity. You won't need a crane to add things in.
design smart start small things easy big physical pretty intelligent attractive
The bottom line is that the mid- to high-end market is still very vibrant and very active for tape and tape automation vendors. This is definitely going to turn heads in that market space.
space market active
StorageTek gives Sun instant storage footprint, huge storage credibility, and a fantastic billion dollar service business. Sun gives StorageTek a whole new playground. Together, I can see grid computing and grid storage joining to provide some very powerful solutions moving forward.
business powerful moving solutions sun fantastic forward
DPM will cause an awesome amount of confusion in the backup market.
confusion awesome market
money people family system tools crazy issues boring
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