"It plays into the No. 1 storage problem, and people are spending money on it," Peterson says.
A recent Byte and Switch poll proves him right. The November survey found 41 percent of respondents expect to introduce disk backup to augment their tape infrastructures, and another 16 percent said they expect to replace tape with disk backup systems. One third said they expect to deploy disk backup within the next six months (see Backup Still a Pain in the Neck).
Sepaton's also got Worhach, who brings 30 years of industry experience, most recently at the Data General division of EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC).
If he makes the company a winner, maybe the neighboring Boston Red Sox will hire Worhach as a curse-buster. He might start by changing their name to Seeknayon.
Dave Raffo, Senior Editor, Byte and Switch
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