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Steve Duplessie, Founder and Senior Analyst
Steve is the founder of and Senior Analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group. Recognized worldwide as the leading independent authority on enterprise storage, Steve has also consistently been ranked as one of the most influential IT analysts. Known for his 'pull no punches' straight shooting style, Steve has been the keynote speaker at events throughout the world.
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I was just tweeted this link regarding Cisco’s response to a Tolly Group report comparing HP’s BladeSystem c7000 to Cisco’s UCS 5100.
The link is a Cisco person’s argument as to why the test plan was flawed and thus the results questionable. He is 100% correct – not ...
In the midst of all the craziness associated with being in a fast-paced startup, it’s easy to get sidetracked. Money comes in, expectations get set, people are hired, and craziness ensues. In many ways, it’s this frenetic pace of play that attracts people to startups – a ...
"[HP and Cisco] are both giant companies that play in the same sandbox. While it might have been inevitable that eventually they would need to steal from each others' buckets to keep growing, both have fundamentally sound businesses so neither is in jeopardy from the other – not as they ...
Going to push my luck and try skiing again this weekend. Blizzard been happening up north of me for a week, lots of snow. Nice knowing you.
Have you seen what Nasuni has done with its cloudbench utility? Tells users exactly what levels of availability and performance they get ...
In the world of startups, there are few sure things--and one of them is that as soon as you are funded, the VCs will begin their quest to find the next CEO of the company. It will often begin quietly, behind the scenes, and eventually make its way into ...
Exanet is one of those crazy Israeli tech companies that never figured out sales and marketing. They are a classic example of all that I’ve ranted about lately in this area. They have some good distributed file system technology – or had anyhow (I’m not sure how ...
ESG Founder and Senior Analyst Steve Duplessie interviews Tom Georgens, successor to Dan Warmenhoven as CEO of NetApp. Watch the video below to find out what you can expect from the new NetApp.
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While this factor absolutely haunts most startups, it also affects even established companies. It normally doesn’t kill a big company, however, which is I why I’ll focus on the startup.
In short, popular wisdom in the world of the tech startup dictates a cadence and pattern for a ...
The “Cloud” market is not a market – it’s a construct. The SSP market 10 years ago wasn’t a market either – it was a bad idea. Both had absurd levels of “buzz” which led to absurd levels of VC money being poured in. Both will end ...
As I watched the MA Senate race for the late, great Ted Kennedy’s seat this week, it occurred to me that I was witnessing an historical oddity of epic proportions. I watched a “can’t lose” lose. That got me thinking about business variants of the same theme ...
