Comments on: EMC shifts Cisco WAAS to services group http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/emc-shifts-cisco-waas-to-services-group/ A SearchStorage.com blog. Sun, 27 May 2012 13:33:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: fattyb http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/emc-shifts-cisco-waas-to-services-group/#comment-7143 fattyb Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:27:59 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/05/29/emc-shifts-cisco-waas-to-services-group/#comment-7143 What does this mean for the infrastructure may be needed to get a customer up and running? Are there any players in that market that EMC/Cisco uses to connect the dots? What does this mean for the infrastructure may be needed to get a customer up and running? Are there any players in that market that EMC/Cisco uses to connect the dots?

]]> By: Carter George http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/emc-shifts-cisco-waas-to-services-group/#comment-7142 Carter George Sat, 31 May 2008 02:16:09 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/05/29/emc-shifts-cisco-waas-to-services-group/#comment-7142 I thought EMC was also now reselling F5's wide area file services product, WANjet? Are those things competitive with one another? Is Cisco's product being edged out by another networking companies newer offering? From the outside, it's not clear where the lines are between the one and the other. I thought EMC was also now reselling F5’s wide area file services product, WANjet?
Are those things competitive with one another? Is Cisco’s product being edged out by another networking companies newer offering?
From the outside, it’s not clear where the lines are between the one and the other.

]]> By: the storage anarchist http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/emc-shifts-cisco-waas-to-services-group/#comment-7141 the storage anarchist Fri, 30 May 2008 11:14:37 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/05/29/emc-shifts-cisco-waas-to-services-group/#comment-7141 You might consider the perspective that many companies are trimming back their IT resources, especially where permanent headcount isn't required. Most can no longer afford to employ "experts" in every aspect of IT technology. Deploying WAAS could well fall in that category - a lot of time & effort required to design and deploy, while far less is required to operate and maintain the environment once set up. Automated multi-dite disaster restart is by definition reasonably simple to operate, but it is a complex environment to design, implement and verify. In such scenarios, it is far more prudent and frugal to outsource the initial implementation, and doing so does not necessarily reflect on the effectiveness or value of a solution. The majority of the men and women who fly airplanes probably couldn't build one, but they know everything they need to fly them. That doesn't mean United Airlines should be building airplanes, or that Boeing's products are "too complex." Sometimes - no, make that OFTEN - the most cost-effective approach to getting something done right is to have the experts handle the complexities by outsourcing the implementation. You might consider the perspective that many companies are trimming back their IT resources, especially where permanent headcount isn’t required. Most can no longer afford to employ “experts” in every aspect of IT technology. Deploying WAAS could well fall in that category - a lot of time & effort required to design and deploy, while far less is required to operate and maintain the environment once set up. Automated multi-dite disaster restart is by definition reasonably simple to operate, but it is a complex environment to design, implement and verify.

In such scenarios, it is far more prudent and frugal to outsource the initial implementation, and doing so does not necessarily reflect on the effectiveness or value of a solution.

The majority of the men and women who fly airplanes probably couldn’t build one, but they know everything they need to fly them. That doesn’t mean United Airlines should be building airplanes, or that Boeing’s products are “too complex.”

Sometimes - no, make that OFTEN - the most cost-effective approach to getting something done right is to have the experts handle the complexities by outsourcing the implementation.

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