Re: [Networker] EMC Networker release cycle.

On 11/07/11 02:42, STANLEY R. HORWITZ wrote:
> I take what Gartner has to say with a few grains of salt. Even so, it is best 
> to keep abreast of the data protection industry and not be tied to any one 
> narrow area of technology, from the standpoint of maintaining relevancy and 
> employability. 

This is very true and I have experienced this myself. Over the last 15
or so years I have moved from being a Unix admin to a NetWorker
Specialist. I have done work (under my real name of course) for most of
the large NetWorker users in the UK and quite a few in other countries
too. I am very experienced in NetWorker and surrounding technologies
(tape libraries, VTLs, Data Domain, some of the SAN equipment etc.) but
have really not diversified, so am now finding it difficult to find
consultancy work. Many NetWorker customers have developed their own
staff's skill sets and their backup environmentss are quite mature so in
a lot of cases there is not a need for external consultancy at the level
I offer. I am also finding that if I was to return to Unix or Linux
sysadmin work I would not be able to command the same rates as I can
when I find NetWorker related work.


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> 
> On Nov 6, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Yaron Zabary wrote:
> 
>>  I just found Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Disk-Based 
>> Backup/Recovery" (which is suprisingly available at 
>> http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/ca/vol4/article4/article4.html)
>>  and was a bit troubled by the following statement:
>>
>> "EMC continues to be challenged to more tightly integrate its portfolio, and 
>> questions regarding the future of NetWorker continue to percolate."
>>
>>
>> -- Yaron.
>>
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