by Bob Fine, Director of Product Marketing — August 12, 2009
We’ve been busy at Compellent this summer. Two weeks ago, we announced our 15th consecutive quarter of revenue growth; and every day we hear from customers that our architecture – designed for persistence, not obsolescence – has enabled them to scale high-availability, high-performance storage solutions while saving money. Our unique approach allows our customers to make design choices that fit each individual environment, without placing vendor restrictions on components and capabilities. That’s why we don’t make customers guess at how much storage they should allocate, and it’s also why our innovations are aimed at delivering what customers want: cost-effective, easy-to-manage storage – just look at our SSD solution to see this strategy in motion.
Thanks to the enthusiasm of our customers, we have case studies and customer recommendations that highlight the measurable benefits of Compellent’s storage; these testimonials speak louder than we ever could about the real-world benefits of our solutions.
We welcome the recent attention given to our technology differentiators: it invites prospects who might not have known about us to take a look at the technology and commitment to excellence that has won over thousands of customers around the world. The storage industry continues to change – new technologies like SSD and cloud solutions are introduced, companies are bought and sold – and Compellent will continue to evolve, grow and innovate. Our success speaks for itself, and we remain focused on an unwavering commitment to providing our customers with the most efficient storage solution.
by Andy Hardy, Managing Director, International Sales — June 25, 2009
The Prime Minister
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA
June 24, 2009
Dear Prime Minister:
Compellent welcomes, in principle, the Global Action Plan’s call on Central Government for a £1 billion IT stimulus package that will lead to smarter, more environmentally efficient, higher quality public services.
The recession has clearly forced public and private organisations to look harder at technology investments, especially anything labelled as ‘green’ or ‘environmentally
efficient’ IT. Organisations have had to move quickly to cull any fuzzy, nice-to-have green IT options. Only green IT that clearly delivers greater efficiencies, with measureable and sustainable cost-benefits, can make a real difference. Most of the greatest recent innovations in true technology efficiency, for example server
and storage virtualisation, have sprung from agile, fast-growing companies, none of whom has been offered a public role with the Global Action Plan. Instead, it’s the usual IT behemoths with very limited direct claims, or indeed incentives, to offer truly efficient IT, who have put themselves at the head of the line for any state funds.
Subsequently, there is a very grave risk that any stimulus package will be put to highly inefficient use, depriving British public sector organisations of the best technology
options while extending the deployment of ageing, inefficient and power-hungry IT solutions. Much of any stimulus payment, which comes from the taxpayers, will therefore be wasted.
We call on the Global Action Plan and the British government to think very deeply about how any stimulus can be put to best use, based on proven best-practice examples that cite true efficiency in terms of delivering more in terms of a solution, while using less hardware and less energy to deliver it.
The digital future of Britain requires a forward-thinking infrastructure based on today’s technology, not yesterday’s. Such an approach has already been proven to deliver more, but cost less, a concept that the tax-burdened British public will appreciate and welcome.
The nation has had its fill of political cosiness and gross fiscal irresponsibility. This could be an opportunity to start putting things right.
by Compellent Technologies, — May 05, 2009
As
C-Drive 2009 opened, Compellent CEO Phil Soran challenged business partners to “Screw Up The Recession” using Compellent’s ultra-efficient model as an opportunity for growth. Following the keynote presentation, attendees commented on how now, more than ever, Compellent makes sense given the “Flight to Efficiency” in the data center.