On the contrary, he says: It's an additive equation rather than a zero-sum game. "All storage functionality really started on the server volume management, replication, optimization, backup/recovery, and so on. As EMC became successful by moving this intelligence to storage devices, customers added it to what they already had... While this was happening, storage functionality on the server hasn't gotten any 'less intelligent.' We have no reason to expect things to be different when intelligent storage networks evolve."
So far, so good. Now let's see how intelligent that prognosis turns out to be.
Steve Duplessie
When Steve Duplessie, the 38-year-old founder and senior analyst at Enterprise Storage Group Inc., talks about a storage company, it's either a blessing or the kiss of death. No. 6 on our list, Duplessie has the unusual ability to cause companies to alter their strategies with just a few pointed remarks.
He started his career in the storage business in 1986, as a hard-charging sales rep at the then-brand-new EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC). Basically, he was a punk. "I was one of the a-hole arrogant, overly aggressive sales guys everyone knows and loves," Duplessie says.
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