28 Quotes by Steve Duplessie

Commercial users don't want to be lab rats. The endorsement of GFS by some of the biggest players in the market signifies this solution is really ready for prime time, ... I expect we'll see lots of large deployments in the very near future.

Asigra Televaulting for Enterprises is an elegant solution to the issue of excessive license costs for large-scale VMware sites. The combination of a robust backup engine and the capacity-based pricing model makes Asigra an appealing choice for any organization that is dealing with excessive backup/recovery licenses.

The status quo in storage has existed for a long, long time, ... but I think the applecart is about to be upset.

StorageTek gives Sun instant storage footprint, huge storage credibility, and a fantastic billion dollar service business. Sun gives StorageTek a whole new playground. Together, I can see grid computing and grid storage joining to provide some very powerful solutions moving forward.

DPM will cause an awesome amount of confusion in the backup market.

Dell has been kicking butt for a few years in the SMB slice, and HP looks like it is poised to re-join the fray, ... Sun is even selling tons of lower-end SANs into its customer base.

The bottom line is that the mid- to high-end market is still very vibrant and very active for tape and tape automation vendors. This is definitely going to turn heads in that market space.

This is a brilliant strategic move by Quantum and great news for customers. The combined company will have an enormous set of offerings, the scale, footprint and financial foundation to really have an impact in the data protection market. This acquisition propels Quantum into a clear top three position among the largest data protection suppliers, and makes them big enough to control their own fate. I love this deal.

They have definitely stumbled around trying to understand their place in the world of storage. But they have acknowledged it's a business and have shored up their installation base.