Hi DS. Just finished listening to VRTS conference call, where they said the following about their "storage appliances"
>have had very positive reaction to these
>expecting to ship a major new release of a NAS filer server in Q4
>this filer offers better backup, availability and scalability than "the leading storage appliance"
>are establishing partnerships with resellers and SPs to deliver a "complete appliance experience" for customers
>will be positioned at the hi end NAS market, directly against NTAP
>asked how they intend to go up against NTAP, said: we're not going directly at NTAP. Going to go after customers and resellers. Going to offer more functionality at a lower cost.
I'm sure this question will be asked at the NTAP conference call and (am I getting too cynical?) I think I know what the answer will be, the same stuff they give when asked about EMC:
a) we aren't seeing VRTS and
b) our real competition isn't other NAS vendors, it's server-attached storage
I knew there was competition coming, and haven't been particularly worried. But I wasn't aware of VRTS plans to compete in this space, so I find the worm of doubt gnawing a little. Have no idea how NTAP will compete with them, tho I do know NTAP is already working on their next-generation NAS, so VRTS might stay behind.
I'm posting this to see if you have another answer, maybe add something to the picture, a little "granularity", perhaps <G>.
thanks for your reply
regards |
