Richie: Thanks for positing...The PCWeek Online article had some key passages...
<<Brian Ball, general manager of component services at Microsoft, in Redmond, Wash., said Dell was the first vendor to deliver an industry-standard storage consolidation solution for NT, although others would soon follow.
Putting pressure on rivals
Dell's foray into the SAN market is certain to exert price pressure on competitors, said John McArthur, storage systems research program director at International Data Corp., in Framingham, Mass.
"What's important is that it's a fibre-channel switching architecture for NT, delivered by Dell with their direct sales model, and I expect it to be very price-competitive and put the fear of God in a lot of PC server suppliers,'' McArthur said.
Fibre-channel switching is generally faster than a hub-based architecture.
The limited number of servers initially supported shouldn't inhibit Dell's initiative, McArthur said. "This is a technology where users need to get in and kick the tires first,'' he said.
Dell, of Round Rock, Texas, is also expanding its technical consulting services to include storage planning, consolidation and performance, and backup and recovery. >>
IMHO, DELL will be a MAJOR player in this growing new market sooner than many of the so called ANALysts realize ....DELL is a true pioneer and they consistently have BETTER EXECUTION than their competitors.
Regards,
Scott |
