NetApp’s new name: NetApp

by | Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | Enterprise | 0 comments

NetApp has formally changed its name from Network Appliance Inc to NetApp Inc. The name change is part of a larger effort to raise their awareness among what they call the Storage 5000 – the 5000 largest storage customers worldwide. I’m in NYC today and...

Flash futures

by | Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | Enterprise, Future Tech, SSD/Flash/NVRAM | 5 comments

How flash is really going to affect the storage industry is becoming clear. The short take: not as big a deal as flash vendors hoped. The longer take: There won’t be much of a mid-range flash market; instead we’ll see either costly fast flash or cheap slow...

Isilon update

by | Friday, March 7, 2008 | Enterprise | 0 comments

A week after writing What’s with Isilon they announced revised results for several past quarters. In a long and boring press release the company discussed the impact. The money quote: he Company estimates that $7.0 million of the approximately $67.4 million of...

EMC: shake, rattle and roll

by | Thursday, March 6, 2008 | Enterprise, Future Tech | 1 comment

EMC looks to be single-handedly reinventing the industry. And creating a new one as well. They just topped Fortune’s list of most admired computer peripherals companies, beating out NetApp. They bought Pi Corporation, snagging Paul Maritz, longtime Microsoftie,...