Comments on: Opportunity Knocks for EMC: Will Slootman Answer? http://wikibon.org/blog/opportunity-knocks-for-emc-will-slootman-answer/ Breaking Research Boundaries Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:29:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Time to Re-think Disk-based Backup « Wikibon Blog http://wikibon.org/blog/opportunity-knocks-for-emc-will-slootman-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Time to Re-think Disk-based Backup « Wikibon Blog Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:01:25 +0000 http://wikibon.org/blog/?p=1532#comment-186 [...] devices rather than work with customers to re-architect backup.  Further, as I pointed out in my last post, Data Domain concedes nothing to Avamar in VMware environments and is working aggressively to fit [...] [...] devices rather than work with customers to re-architect backup.  Further, as I pointed out in my last post, Data Domain concedes nothing to Avamar in VMware environments and is working aggressively to fit [...]

]]> By: mversace http://wikibon.org/blog/opportunity-knocks-for-emc-will-slootman-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-313 mversace Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:49:29 +0000 http://wikibon.org/blog/?p=1532#comment-313 Couldn't agree with you more. But some effort toward integrated solution offerings in a market that relies on the most prestigious and qualified vendors to address the growing security challenge would be well worth it. Security continues to be a big, big question in most enterprises, virtual or not, and end-users more than ever are looking for straight through, end-to-end security solutions that I think EMC can deliver on. Couldn't agree with you more. But some effort toward integrated solution offerings in a market that relies on the most prestigious and qualified vendors to address the growing security challenge would be well worth it. Security continues to be a big, big question in most enterprises, virtual or not, and end-users more than ever are looking for straight through, end-to-end security solutions that I think EMC can deliver on.

]]> By: mversace http://wikibon.org/blog/opportunity-knocks-for-emc-will-slootman-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-314 mversace Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:49:29 +0000 http://wikibon.org/blog/?p=1532#comment-314 Couldn't agree with you more. But some effort toward integrated solution offerings in a market that relies on the most prestigious and qualified vendors to address the growing security challenge would be well worth it. Security continues to be a big, big question in most enterprises, virtual or not, and end-users more than ever are looking for straight through, end-to-end security solutions that I think EMC can deliver on. Couldn't agree with you more. But some effort toward integrated solution offerings in a market that relies on the most prestigious and qualified vendors to address the growing security challenge would be well worth it. Security continues to be a big, big question in most enterprises, virtual or not, and end-users more than ever are looking for straight through, end-to-end security solutions that I think EMC can deliver on.

]]> By: dvellante http://wikibon.org/blog/opportunity-knocks-for-emc-will-slootman-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-312 dvellante Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:58:55 +0000 http://wikibon.org/blog/?p=1532#comment-312 It seems to be EMC's way with larger acquisitions, doesn't it Mike? Generally let the P&L run and give it room to succeed. That said, I do think RSA is an asset with IP that EMC could more aggressively in its portfolio. There's always a trade-off and Frank S. is facing that today...spend the time, energy and money to integrate or focus on execution. EMC's ethos encourages the latter. It seems to be EMC's way with larger acquisitions, doesn't it Mike? Generally let the P&L run and give it room to succeed. That said, I do think RSA is an asset with IP that EMC could more aggressively in its portfolio. There's always a trade-off and Frank S. is facing that today…spend the time, energy and money to integrate or focus on execution. EMC's ethos encourages the latter.

]]> By: dvellante http://wikibon.org/blog/opportunity-knocks-for-emc-will-slootman-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-311 dvellante Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:56:28 +0000 http://wikibon.org/blog/?p=1532#comment-311 Hi Steve. You and I have talked about this haven't we? I thought your EMCworld presentation was one of the most lucid visions I'd seen about data reduction across the portfolio-- ever. But the question I've always had is will EMC do the integration work necessary to realize the vision you put forth. I hope so. I'd be happy for my skepticism to be proven wrong. Thanks for the comment. Hi Steve. You and I have talked about this haven't we? I thought your EMCworld presentation was one of the most lucid visions I'd seen about data reduction across the portfolio– ever. But the question I've always had is will EMC do the integration work necessary to realize the vision you put forth. I hope so. I'd be happy for my skepticism to be proven wrong. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: dvellante http://wikibon.org/blog/opportunity-knocks-for-emc-will-slootman-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-317 dvellante Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:54:08 +0000 http://wikibon.org/blog/?p=1532#comment-317 Thanks for the comments Gary. I think the world is increasingly moving to disk-based backup, yes. Although a recent 'show of hands' survey at the Storage Decisions conference indicated only about 1/3 of the audience had installed de-duplication solutions. <br><br>Tape will not disappear and I didn't mean to imply that. But for many applications, tape is becoming the solution of last resort. It's removable, reliable, proven and in a true DR scenario, shoving a bunch of tapes on a truck will give you better bandwidth than transferring data over the wire. <br><br>But local copies and remote disk-based copies are becoming the norm for recovery of data that is 'less old.' Thanks for the comments Gary. I think the world is increasingly moving to disk-based backup, yes. Although a recent 'show of hands' survey at the Storage Decisions conference indicated only about 1/3 of the audience had installed de-duplication solutions.

Tape will not disappear and I didn't mean to imply that. But for many applications, tape is becoming the solution of last resort. It's removable, reliable, proven and in a true DR scenario, shoving a bunch of tapes on a truck will give you better bandwidth than transferring data over the wire.

But local copies and remote disk-based copies are becoming the norm for recovery of data that is 'less old.'

]]> By: mversace http://wikibon.org/blog/opportunity-knocks-for-emc-will-slootman-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-146 mversace Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:49:29 +0000 http://wikibon.org/blog/?p=1532#comment-146 Couldn't agree with you more. But some effort toward integrated solution offerings in a market that relies on the most prestigious and qualified vendors to address the growing security challenge would be well worth it. Security continues to be a big, big question in most enterprises, virtual or not, and end-users more than ever are looking for straight through, end-to-end security solutions that I think EMC can deliver on. Couldn't agree with you more. But some effort toward integrated solution offerings in a market that relies on the most prestigious and qualified vendors to address the growing security challenge would be well worth it. Security continues to be a big, big question in most enterprises, virtual or not, and end-users more than ever are looking for straight through, end-to-end security solutions that I think EMC can deliver on.

]]> By: dvellante http://wikibon.org/blog/opportunity-knocks-for-emc-will-slootman-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-145 dvellante Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:58:55 +0000 http://wikibon.org/blog/?p=1532#comment-145 It seems to be EMC's way with larger acquisitions, doesn't it Mike? Generally let the P&L run and give it room to succeed. That said, I do think RSA is an asset with IP that EMC could more aggressively in its portfolio. There's always a trade-off and Frank S. is facing that today...spend the time, energy and money to integrate or focus on execution. EMC's ethos encourages the latter. It seems to be EMC's way with larger acquisitions, doesn't it Mike? Generally let the P&L run and give it room to succeed. That said, I do think RSA is an asset with IP that EMC could more aggressively in its portfolio. There's always a trade-off and Frank S. is facing that today…spend the time, energy and money to integrate or focus on execution. EMC's ethos encourages the latter.

]]> By: dvellante http://wikibon.org/blog/opportunity-knocks-for-emc-will-slootman-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-144 dvellante Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:56:28 +0000 http://wikibon.org/blog/?p=1532#comment-144 Hi Steve. You and I have talked about this haven't we? I thought your EMCworld presentation was one of the most lucid visions I'd seen about data reduction across the portfolio-- ever. But the question I've always had is will EMC do the integration work necessary to realize the vision you put forth. I hope so. I'd be happy for my skepticism to be proven wrong. Thanks for the comment. Hi Steve. You and I have talked about this haven't we? I thought your EMCworld presentation was one of the most lucid visions I'd seen about data reduction across the portfolio– ever. But the question I've always had is will EMC do the integration work necessary to realize the vision you put forth. I hope so. I'd be happy for my skepticism to be proven wrong. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: dvellante http://wikibon.org/blog/opportunity-knocks-for-emc-will-slootman-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-143 dvellante Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:54:08 +0000 http://wikibon.org/blog/?p=1532#comment-143 Thanks for the comments Gary. I think the world is increasingly moving to disk-based backup, yes. Although a recent 'show of hands' survey at the Storage Decisions conference indicated only about 1/3 of the audience had installed de-duplication solutions. <br><br>Tape will not disappear and I didn't mean to imply that. But for many applications, tape is becoming the solution of last resort. It's removable, reliable, proven and in a true DR scenario, shoving a bunch of tapes on a truck will give you better bandwidth than transferring data over the wire. <br><br>But local copies and remote disk-based copies are becoming the norm for recovery of data that is 'less old.' Thanks for the comments Gary. I think the world is increasingly moving to disk-based backup, yes. Although a recent 'show of hands' survey at the Storage Decisions conference indicated only about 1/3 of the audience had installed de-duplication solutions.

Tape will not disappear and I didn't mean to imply that. But for many applications, tape is becoming the solution of last resort. It's removable, reliable, proven and in a true DR scenario, shoving a bunch of tapes on a truck will give you better bandwidth than transferring data over the wire.

But local copies and remote disk-based copies are becoming the norm for recovery of data that is 'less old.'

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