Comments on: IBM’s got some ’splainin to do in storage

By: Would SunBM leave NetApp users in the lurch? - Storage Soup

Would SunBM leave NetApp users in the lurch? - Storage Soup — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:02:03 +0000

[...] Sun’s $4.1 billion attempt to swallow StorageTek and last year’s smaller debacle with IBM’s XIV product. Or that, as former Sun evangelist and current consultant with Capstone Technology Taylor [...]

By: » Blog Archive » Why XIV is so important to IBMs storage business - Its Not About the Technology or Product!

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:18:04 +0000

[...] The IBM XIV product that IBM acquired back in January 2008 is getting a lot of buzz (some good, some not so good) lately in the media and blog sphere (here and here which in turn lead to many others) as well as in various industry and customer discussions. [...]

By: Beth Pariseau

Beth Pariseau — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:09:56 +0000

Like where, Maurice? I’m curious to see which posts you’re referring to.

Also, to be clear: Steve was responding to another commenter above, not to my post.

By: Maurice

Maurice — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:15:11 +0000

@Steve#5 @Jake#4 — Check the author’s previous posts. She has bashed IBM in the past — also without content.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:18:31 +0000

“With HP’s acquisition of EDS the financial and services gap between #1 HP and #2 IBM only widens. IBM is well on its way to becoming a footnote in IT history.”

What stats are you reading, HP’s? All of the press I read about the acquisitions states that HP is trying to catch up to IBM’s position in services, so clearly HP is not #1. And even if IBM were #2 you call that a footnote in history?? You must be either very young or an HP flak…

By: jake

jake — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:56:23 +0000

I don’t get this post - it’s completely without content. I expect more from you guys.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:39:49 +0000

Too bad people don’t understand the XIV and what advantages it brings to the data center. Perhaps if they worked in one, they could see what it brings to the table.

I will admit the marketing is not up to snuff yet but once you figure it out, it’s a pretty neat idea.

By: Pavi

Pavi — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:00:04 +0000

“The press release is chock-full of verbiage about how much more technical and expert IBM researchers are and what a wealth of knowledge IBM brings to the SSD table, none of which I doubt.”

This is what IBM has said about the SSD technology in this latest announcement:

- “SSDs are being supplied by Fusion-io.”

- ”We have melded our SVC technology with Flash technology,” says Andrews, explaining that IBM has put SSD Flash cards from FusionIO.

By: Robin Harris

Robin Harris — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:40:14 +0000

Beth,

Another great post. Gerstner got IBM out of its high-margin mainframe death spiral and into services. Palmisano’s challenge, should he choose to accept it, is to get IBM back into the product business by fixing a dysfunctional marketing culture.

With HP’s acquisition of EDS the financial and services gap between #1 HP and #2 IBM only widens. IBM is well on its way to becoming a footnote in IT history.

But hey! the stock is doing well. Who cares about the rest of it?

Robin