Or Dell/EMC for that matter.  They have lots of consultant expertise, as
well as the hardware.

 - WJR


On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 13:06, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Answering your question. have you considered Hitachi?
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Dude...
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 1:49 PM, John Aldrich <
>> jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I got a call from an IBM reseller in the region wanting to sell me a SAN.
>>> I
>>> advised that I had decided to step back and look for a consultant to help
>>> me
>>> figure out what my needs are. At that point the sales droid advised that
>>> they were also consultants. My first instinct is to tell them to go jump,
>>> as
>>> it seems like it would be a huge conflict of interest and they are
>>> probably
>>> going to tell me I need to buy a SAN, specifically an IBM SAN.
>>>
>>> What is the opinion of you folks on the list about hiring consultants? Do
>>> you worry about conflict of interest such as this or do you just hire
>>> someone? I'm tempted to just hire one of the fellow list members
>>> (assuming I
>>> can get authorization) who offered their services, as they seem to be
>>> *just*
>>> D/R consultants and are not going to have an axe to grind.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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