Sounds like the latest layoffs where because of a new storage / product roadmap.
Can someone explain what the future roadmap looks like?
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roadmap aside, storage is the 3rd largest revenue maker of Dell. And at this point there are too many products. JC is simplifying things.
Cyclone will run Dell MidRange out-of-business, something usable/sellable won't be available until 2021 at the earliest, if you look at progress to-date, quality to-date, replans to-date, and any other metric anyone can see it's doomed...and if you shut everything else down Dell MR is dead. Nice knowing ya....
Dell's problem has always been outdated and unfortunately not very bright execs sitting comfortably on their lazy bois while middle management who charmed their ways up continues to blow smoke so they can continue making these very very retarded decisions while talents ran.
Any info on data protection softwares? Networker? Avamar? Protect point? eCDM?
roadmap for storage? a descent into irrelevance
I had hopes that JC was going to investigate and understand the true state of the Cyclone product and 'do the right thing', but apparently those underneath him are good at blowing smoke and he's not good enough at understanding engineering to realize it.
So many bad decisions being made at the mid to upper management level in the storage group.
It's sad. There are good engineers that are being wasted and dragged down.
Don't trust Manivur as far as you could throw him, only out for himslef.
If you havent seen these postings on this page:
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/TriwtYC#replies
Can anyone shed light on why they'd think Isilon is going down? Seems like Manuvir is betting on it 100% per the all-hands call yesterday.
Billion dollar products don't just go away, to me at least. I don't know if I have much faith in Manuvir leading Isilon, but Isilon itself seems safe, right?
cyclone for mid range and PowerMax for enterprise. These are horses MSD is going to bet. Where this will lead storage you will know by mid of next year.
Cannot call Powermax old-tech, PowerMax has evolved over time, like how Windows went from 3.1 to 10.
so Isilon confirm gone?
So PowerMax (old tech), Cyclone (never going to work) and VxRail for the future?
Isilon, XtremIO, Unity, Compellent will be EOL soon
Sounds like a failure already.
PowerMax at the enterprise end (latest of the VMAX/Symmetrix family)
Dead
For mid range, that's Cyclone