I know what you're thinking - the blogosphere is already full of 'not just another storage blog' blogs – but I’ve looked around and come to the realization that there is a need for straightforward thoughts on storage. Having a place where we can gather to share these thoughts with our end users, partners and the rest of our IT community is pretty important. That’s what I and Phil Soran, CEO, and John Guider, COO, have always thought. I first met Phil when he moved next door to me over 15 years ago. John and I go back even further, having met when our kids were in elementary school. We co-founded Compellent from Phil’s basement, and soon started asking for feedback from the industry on how data is stored, managed and used. The sense of community is pretty strong around here. But what you might not know is that Minnesota has long been a hotbed for
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All of the team members at Compellent continue to meet constantly with end users and partners and attend events where we hear what is on the mind of folks working with data every day. It's the spirit of community that drove the inception of our customer council, called C3. And it's this spirit that has led to the creation of this forum, which will be dedicated to sifting through storage issues, sparking interesting debates and answering questions.
Around this blog, you'll find plenty of commentary about all things related to network storage – from automated tiered storage to virtualization, replication to green issues. You'll hear from other team members at Compellent, our end users and partners because we know that each of them will weigh in with interesting perspectives, each a little different. We’re excited to get started, to get this conversation rolling and to do our part in defining this changing space.
So welcome! We’re glad you're here.