Comment Re:Efficient Storage (Score 1) 304
Well two comments here.
1. There is definately alot more EMC storage running under enterprise class OSes than Microsoft. How do I know? Because I implement EMC hardware/software every day for our largest customers. 80% of my arrays attach to Solaris, HPUX, and AIX. On top of that, EMC has a bigger storage marketshare on those OSes than the OS vendor. That says alot. Our customers buy EMC not because of price, or space requirements. Our customers buy EMC because of its functionality and rock solid support.
2. Check this out.
"EMC said the acquisition will play a key role in its strategy to lower customers' costs and simplify their operations by providing technology that enable organizations to dynamically configure and reconfigure their computer and storage environments with no downtime.
Upon completion of the acquisition, EMC expects to take a charge of approximately $15 million to $20 million in the first quarter of 2004 for the value of VMware's in-process research and development costs and other integration expenses. "
This says something to me.
EMC isnt buying this company to kill it for microsoft. EMC is buying this currently cash losing company because its products play into a larger strategy.
Now, think of this...........
A disaster recovery site is an expensive insurance policy. If I can integrate storage replication, and vmware, then i can build a virtual data center on a symmetrix and five X440's for about 1/100th the cost of a full remote disaster recovery site.
It's called VMotion. A project in joint development by EMC and VMWare for about a year, which was announced the same day as the acquisition.
google it. it's a step toward virtual computing.
glad i own emc stock.
1. There is definately alot more EMC storage running under enterprise class OSes than Microsoft. How do I know? Because I implement EMC hardware/software every day for our largest customers. 80% of my arrays attach to Solaris, HPUX, and AIX. On top of that, EMC has a bigger storage marketshare on those OSes than the OS vendor. That says alot. Our customers buy EMC not because of price, or space requirements. Our customers buy EMC because of its functionality and rock solid support.
2. Check this out.
"EMC said the acquisition will play a key role in its strategy to lower customers' costs and simplify their operations by providing technology that enable organizations to dynamically configure and reconfigure their computer and storage environments with no downtime.
Upon completion of the acquisition, EMC expects to take a charge of approximately $15 million to $20 million in the first quarter of 2004 for the value of VMware's in-process research and development costs and other integration expenses. "
This says something to me.
EMC isnt buying this company to kill it for microsoft. EMC is buying this currently cash losing company because its products play into a larger strategy.
Now, think of this...........
A disaster recovery site is an expensive insurance policy. If I can integrate storage replication, and vmware, then i can build a virtual data center on a symmetrix and five X440's for about 1/100th the cost of a full remote disaster recovery site.
It's called VMotion. A project in joint development by EMC and VMWare for about a year, which was announced the same day as the acquisition.
google it. it's a step toward virtual computing.
glad i own emc stock.
