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		<title>Hey Backup Vendors!  I'm never happy!</title>
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			<title>Gee...</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You don't sound like a disgruntled former employee at all. I wouldn't wish anyone the joy of having to sell against the momentum that Data Domain grabbed by having a full functioning dedupe unit years before anyone else. From what I've seen, I'd say that Sepaton's success has been as good as any of the DD competitors, if not better. I don't know ANYONE who calls them &#34;SEPA-Who?&#34; I'd say that statement is true of just about everybody except Data Domain. Soon it will be Data Domain (NetApp) and EMC because they're currently buying market share. But everyone else has a sliver of market share of the target dedupe space.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>W. Curtis Preston</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>ran marsh says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[What they'll do now is probably what they've done before...market it as poorly as they've always done, on par with a high school class project; just seems to be lacking in marketing leadership inside there. Sepa-WHO? is their nickname in the industry.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>ran marsh</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>But they\'re behind</title>
			<link>http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/236-never-happy.html#comment-623</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Their dedupe, while top notch was behind everyone else's. They also promised way too many features before they were ready. I believe this was due to a previous regime in engineering that has since been replaced. Now they've got top-notch , global dedupe and replication (as of this week). Let's see what they do now. I can neither confirm nor deny your $24M number as they are a private company.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>W. Curtis Preston</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 22:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>ran marsh says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sepaton sales - ~$24M; I don't believe I mentioned comparing their sales to any other vendor, as that would be a rather shallow analysis. Sales are compared yr over yr to a company's own previous results. You might compare their sales growth vs the growth of the market itself, which, still pale in such a fast growing technology as dedupe.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>ran marsh</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 09:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Thoughts</title>
			<link>http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/236-never-happy.html#comment-617</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have separate posts on my thoughts on the 3D4000: http://www.backupcentral.com/content/view/230/47/ http://www.backupcentral.com/content/view/232/47/ I can't predict what Sun's going to do with anything, let alone the dedupe space. Given that they didn't even want the hardware biz until they had to take it, I wouldn't bet on them doing anything. As to SEPATON, how do you know what their sales are? And to whom are you comparing them, Data Domain? Anybody's sales (save EMC's) pale in comparison to their sales for a number of reasons. They've been out their longer than anyone else, and they have a huge direct sales engine.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>W. Curtis Preston</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 09:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>ran marsh says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[CP- Thoughts on EMC's Quantum/FalconStor/Avamar mix; isn't it a bit on the klugy side with all those piece parts? What are end users strategy with such an offering? What might Oracle do in this market after their SUN purchase? And Sepaton; seems to have speed, but not much else besides talk. Slow sales; is their VP THAT inept??]]></description>
			<dc:creator>ran marsh</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 01:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Good Catch</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I fixed that Clarion/Quantum goof. Thanks for that. As to ExaGrid, they and I had a lot of chats over the last month. It turns out that what they THOUGHT I was talking about with global dedupe was comparing everything to everything, the way hash-based products do. Once they understood that I'm just talking about always having like backups compared to each other regardless of which node they went to, they told me they've always done that. I plan on updating that story and another blog entry after I visit them.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>W. Curtis Preston</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Romeo Theriault says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the EMC 1500/3000 product you say "See comments on Clarion.". Did you possibly mean, see comments on Quantum? I also notice that you now say that Exagrid has global dedupe, whereas in one of your previous articles (link below) written on March 13, 09 you stay that Exagrid is not one of the vendors with global dedupe. http://www.backupcentral.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=231&Itemid=47 What has changed? Does Exagrid have or not have global dedupe? Thanks for any clarification.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Romeo Theriault</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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