Scattered Clouds

I outsourced this week's blog entry. I've been a bad blogger lately, because I'm finishing the manuscript of a book about NetApp -- a sort of biography of the company from childhood to adulthood -- and the last thing I feel like doing after a long day of writing is ... more writing. A typical blog is five hundred words, and a typical business book is maybe forty or fifty thousand, so at a blog a week, that’s about two years worth. (No wonder my fingers are sore.)

Fortunately, a whole team of NetApp people recently started blogging (see here), so help is on the way if you are missing your weekly NetApp fix.

Our Chief Marketing Officer, Jay Kidd, is the most recent addition to our blogging team, and his blog this week is about cloud computing. What does it mean, and why does it remind Jay of an alien abduction? To find out, follow this link...

Comments

[Val Bercovici]

Given the recent activity in the industry, I've taken a crack at defining the competitive storage landscape for cloud computing. I find the difference between where other offerings are today and where we're headed to be quite encouraging! :)

[Shyam]

Hi Dave,

You mentioned about you writing a book about the biography of NetApp. Please tell me more as I am curious to what is it about and what more we can learn from it. When is it going to hit the market ? .....

Looking forward 4 your reply...

Have a great day ahead...

[John McArthur]

Dave,
I look forward to reading the published version, and thanks for letting me read the early draft. Great fun.
John

[Rick]

A book on the history of NetApp...wow! That's going to be a fun read! Actually it's a good idea...b/c NetApp will be history in 5 years...maybe a few more. NetApp is out of gas. Sorry but your proprietary ways will soon become old hat. Let's see a blog on open source and doing more with low cost storage. Even though Sun Micro leaves a TON to be desired in business and marketing sense they have it right(ZFS & Thumper are just the beginning). They are forcing a true revolution in storage.
Dave, honestly your blogs have always left a lot to be desired...and I'd bet your book will also.