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December 22, 2010

3.015: mmphmy hlmmphums, emphmgmy!

First, apologies for the radio silence over the past few months.

Second, thanks to all of you who have inquired as to my situation. But no, I am not ill (crazy, maybe, but not ill), I didn't win the lottery (yet), and – apologies to my competitive adversaries – the storage anarchist is not retiring.

It isn't that I don't have anything to say – far from it, I actually have LOTS that I'd like to talk about. It is just that I have not been able to actually say much of it lately due to other demands on my time. It seems that Q4's are always busy, with closing business, budgets, and closing business, Customer Councils, and closing business, planning for kick-offs and the like. But Q4'2010 is perhaps a bit more hectic than most.

All part of growing VMAX's market share faster than the high-end market growth, I guess (according to IDC Storage Tracker data).

There have also been more than a few things consuming my personal time. My wife and I found on out All Hallow's Eve (Halloween) that we're going to be grandparents for the first time! This warranted an unplanned trip to visit our daughter for Thanksgiving to celebrate. We also just closed on a new vacation property in York Beach, ME (one that will need a LOT of sweat equity to get into shape for the grandchildren). By the way, the old one is for sale, if anyone is interested!

So, there is a lot going on – and lots that I have to tell you I won't get around to actually discussing until the New Year. Hopefully you'll all still be interested in hearing what I have to say when I return. So, until then:

Christmas crafts with colored duct tape

Happy Holidays, Everybody!

P.S. If you look around my blog site's sidebar, you might just find links to enough timely and interesting topics to hold you over until I get back to the keyboard…enjoy!


 
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