by Robin Harris | Sunday, June 7, 2009 | Architecture, Clusters, NAS, IP, iSCSI, Video |
The video folks have an interesting set of problems: large needs; major bandwidth; time-critical collaboration; lots of metadata; and more. Like budgets. I do some video production myself and empathize. They are today where most of us will be in 10 years: lots of...
by Robin Harris | Thursday, June 4, 2009 | Backup, Enterprise |
Joe, how about “Hawaiian shirt Fridays?” Data Domain’s board is has rejected EMC’s all cash offer in favor of NetApp’s enhanced cash + stock offer. But shareholders get the ultimate say. EMC is continuing with its tender offer for...
by Robin Harris | Wednesday, June 3, 2009 | Backup, Enterprise |
Chris Mellor has the story on NetApp’s new bid. Basically NetApp has sweetened their offer of combined cash and stock to match EMC’s all-cash offer. I commented yesterday that If NetApp merely matches EMC’s offer they may still win the deal. Valley folks...
by Robin Harris | Tuesday, June 2, 2009 | Backup, SOHO/SMB |
With all the kerfluffle, one might think that Data Domain is the only dedup appliance company out there. They aren’t. The big guys are admitting they don’t have a product Bill Andrews, CEO of ExaGrid, weighed in with some pertinent comments today: What...
by Robin Harris | Monday, June 1, 2009 | Backup, Enterprise |
EMC plays catchup Long known for picking up useful assets at fire sale prices EMC is making a $2B move to pick up Data Domain at a premium price. That’s less than 2 weeks after NetApp put DD in play with a friendly $1.5B cash + stock offer. With...
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