I regard Stan Zaffos as one of the few industry analyst with credibility in this area. I disagree with his assessment on a technical basis between Veritas and TSM, but considering the way the quadrants are laid out and the issues that Stan and I have discussed in the past, I know why TSM is ranked slightly lower than NetBackup. It has to do with market share and marketing prowess. A lot of what the industry analyst use as a barometer is market share. Fortunately, Stan is less influenced by this than most.
The reality is Veritas is a household word and Tivoli is not. Tivoli is IBM. Industry analyst have no job if they always recommend IBM. IBM is held to a different bar of support, integrity, and reliablity than the competitors so any ranking is automatically hit with a 10% IBM tax. Tivoli/IBM will always lag on niche functionality that are hot buttons of some technician. In the open systems world, non-IBM customers do not want IBM because they are afraid that IBM will come in and take over. It is a trust factor. This is why Tivoli is engaging business partners to do most of their sales. It is a hand holding experience that the customer feels comfortable with. But, things are changing quickly. Tivoli is displacing NetBackup at quite a clip now in the large enterprises. Tivoli's commitment to the Windows platform is excellent and their functionality development is the strongest in that area. That will get them attention and market share. Let's face it if every one runs a product on Windows and it is very successful, they will choose it for their other environments. Watch out Roseville, the Tivoli roller is coming. -----Original Message----- From: Brenda Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 8:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Technical comparisons Try this.. www.gartner.com/reprints/ibm/103494.html It doesn't reflect any price comparisons though. "Jolliff, Dale" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: OM> Subject: Technical comparisons Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> 04/03/2002 07:12 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Does anyone have a link to some detailed "white paper" sort of comparisons between TSM and the leading competitors in storage management? I have a customer specifically asking for comparisons between Veritas and Tivoli - and the most recent google search turned up several marketing pieces from Veritas and one Gartner comparison on old versions of ADSM/TSM (version 3.x).. Surely someone else has already invented this wheel?
