Vrolyk: They are reaching for a way to look better and to differentiate themselves. We have picked one thing [block serving] and we do it extremely well.
Byte and Switch: Doesnt virtualization [which gives administrators a single view of a collection of diverse storage devices] imply NAS and SAN convergence?
Vrolyk: Nope, another myth. Virtualization presents a view of the storage space, not the actual data itself. So it's not true convergence.
Byte and Switch: You were one of the turnaround team brought in to sort out Silicon Graphics. Did you achieve that?
Vrolyk: No one ever succeeded in turning around SGI. I survived three CEOs in three years there as head of engineering and then product marketing. It wasnt easy.
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