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Do’s and Don’ts for Tough times

Zerowait has been through three recessions, and we have learned some things from each of them. Like you, we share a goal of long-term business success. Over the last 30 plus years we have distilled some simple to follow rules … Continue reading

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Storage Can Be Easy or Hard!

I have been meeting with our NetApp customers to discuss mandated upgrades and extended service and support options. The forced upgrade by the OEM in the current business environment of tightened budgets, inflation, and supply chain issues, has many of … Continue reading

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NetApp EOL Options Available Today!

I have been meeting with our NetApp 2552 and 2554 customers to discuss mandated upgrades and extended service and support options. The forced upgrade by the OEM in the current business environment of tightened budgets, inflation, and supply chain issues, … Continue reading

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Doing Nothing is an Option

  Things That Just Keep Working We’re all familiar with products that just keep ticking: Timex® watches, the Energizer® Bunny…NetApp® filers. Founded in 1992–only a couple of years after Zerowait® (1989)—NetApp has a well-earned reputation for high quality networked data … Continue reading

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The IT Inflation Hurricane

    If you manage a data infrastructure you are juggling price increases, limited availability and manpower shortages. You know that prices are going up and lead times are being extended, but you can’t tell which issue will affect your … Continue reading

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A day at the fair

Our neighbor in Texas, Monty Hilliard, invited us to join his family at the North Texas Fairand Rodeo, where his children would be showing their pigs. Today, July and I went to watch our friends Ashlee and Robbie Hillard compete. … Continue reading

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Dominate Your Data Storage with Zerowait

I don’t think anyone has a crystal ball that will provide a road map of how to navigate the roadblocks being erected so suddenly and seemingly everywhere. War, economic sanctions, and other efforts will likely hinder the free trade of … Continue reading

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Zerowait to the Rescue!

  Help is at hand!It used to be easy to simply upgrade or migrate to a newer NetApp solution when the time came. Now, however, supply chain interruptions have made it horrendously difficult. Not only are OEM’s determined to squeeze … Continue reading

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Need Storage Now? Zerowait SimplStor ZFS On-Prem, VM, AWS!

One thing three decades in IT gives you is perspective. Over that time our industry has swung like a pendulum, into and out of dozens of computing trends. With the waning of COVID-19 over the next few months, I predict … Continue reading

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Save 30%+ on your NetApp and AWS

Happy Holidays! Zerowait is known world-wide for our expert 3rd party NetApp support. Keeping legacy filers going is what we do. At the same time, we recognize that for some customers, an open-source, non-proprietary solution might be better. For those customers … Continue reading

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