HP needs 3Par to improve growth rates in its storage systems business. In this article ITCandor looks at the growth rates of leading suppliers and discusses current trends.
Filed under: HP, Storage Systems | Tagged: 3Par, Dell, EMC, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NetApp | 2 Comments »
Martin Hingley and Clause Egg have been working together on their analysis of Dot Hill – hitherto mainly an OEM storage systms vendors, but with an eye on building a brand through indirect channels.
Filed under: Dot Hill | Tagged: Channel partners, Claus Egge, Cloverleaf, Dell, Disk Array, Dot Hill, FibreCat SX, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Technology Solutions, HP, ITCandor, Martin Hingley, NetApp, OEM customer, OEM supplier, Storage Virtualisation, Sun | Leave a Comment »
Microsoft’s quarter revenues grew for the first time since the downturn. Martin describes how the introduction of Windows 7 helped the company produce record revenue and net profit figures in calendar Q4 2009.
Filed under: Microsoft | Tagged: HP, IBM, Dell, Apple, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Google, Cloud Computing, Siemens, Yahoo, EU, Salesforce.com, NetApp, Windows 7, Azure, Web 2.0, Symantec, Windows Server 2008 R2, Yulong Telecommunication, Capgemini, #windows7, PaaS, SaaS, i4i, Sentillon, Teamprise, Visual Studio, Mediaroom 2.0, CHT, IaaS, Temenos, Energistics, Sharepoint Server 2010, Dynamics ERP, Excel 2010, eBay, Windows Vista, #ms_feeds, #windowsserver2008, #exchangeserver2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fujitsu Technology Solutions (FTS) hosted its Visit 09 conference in Munich in November. In this report Martin outlines its strategy and gives his opinions.
Filed under: Cloud Computing, Fujitsu | Tagged: Augsburg, Cloud Computing, Dynamic Infrastructures, EMC, FSC, FTS, Fujitsu Services, Fujitsu Siemens, Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Infrastructure as a Service, Kai Flore, NetApp, SAP, Sun, TDS, Zero Client | Leave a Comment »
Xen.org is developing Open Source means of connecting private and public Cloud Computing. In this analyst report Martin talks about the challenges data centre managers have in addressing these developments, while pointing out the importance of virtualisation and this developing ecosystem.
Filed under: Cloud Computing | Tagged: AMD, Carpathia, Citrix, Cloudera, Dell, Eucalyptus Systems, Fujitsu, GoGrid, HP, HyperStratus, Intel, Juniper Networks, Linux Foundation, Martin Hingley, NetApp, Novell, Oracle, Rackspace, SoftLayer, VA Linux Japan | Leave a Comment »
