On 10/24/07, Allen, Doug <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Bruce - Thanks for your note in response as it relates to SNIA.  I've found them
> to be very vendor-focused, and that should not surprise anyone who looks at how
> that Association is funded.  However, there appears to be no eagerness on the
> part of some of those vendors to meet customer and end-user needs, but rather
> an interest in trying to claim that they pay attention to those needs while
> pursuing what I would deem to be a rather odd belief, that R.I.M. needs to serve
> the limitations of current technology, rather than having technology serve the
> needs of R.I.M. managers and, ultimately their customers
SNIA doesn't hide from the fact they are a vendor driven organization,
something I'll give them credit for, unlike some other vendor
organizations I've come across.  And I agree that they are less then
willing to budge from their platform.  But as I told the audience, you
need to consider all of the risks before you follow their model.  You
go down this path at your own peril, so to speak; there is no easy
solution.

Hugh keeps on pounding us to show our value to our organization.  I
see this as a perfect example of where we can do it.  Step up to the
plate and explain to management the consequences of such an approach.
Provide some examples; review PK's RAIN postings as a starting point.

I guess what concerns me most is that I've come across a few so-called
RM consultants that essentially preach the same sermon as the storage
vendors.   Shame on them the most...


-- 
Bruce L. White, CRM, PMP
Houston, TX
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