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The storage industry has seen considerable consolidation lately. It started a couple years ago with HP acquiring LeftHand and Dell acquiring EqualLogic. More recently, EMC acquired DataDomain and Isilon, HP acquired 3PAR, and as of this week Dell has acquired Compellent. This latest move had been rumored for sometime after Dell failed in its attempt …

This quote embodies what I see as the problem that many ‘cloud computing’ advocates create in the marketplace. Bradley Brodkin, president of Hitachi partner HighVail Systems, said he can understand Calce’s concerns and where he’s coming from but, at the end of the day, we’re not going to go offline. ‘I’ve been defrauded. People have …