In the Greek legends the Titans ruled supreme until Cronus became fearful he would lose power and started making some bad decisions, namely eating his children. It was foretold through a muse that one of his children would seize power from him and the rest of the Titans. Perhaps this became a self fulfilling prophecy but either way Zeus lead the Olympians into battle and defeated the Titans, banishing them to Tartarus. The message here is that if you’re on Top then you have to be very careful because there is always someone gunning for your position from behind. In the case of the data backup world the current Titan is under attack from the new Olympians on the block, Axcient!
With out naming any names, the current title holder for selling BDRs in the managed services channel has taken some missteps of late. Whether this has transpired as a result of over confidence by trying to take on too much or just simply because they took their eyes off the IT marketing and operations ball, I can’t say for sure. What I do know for sure is that no god, country or company can stay on top forever. The evolution of the markets is inevitable but the question that I propose is if and when a seismic shift might take place leaving the Olympians ruling the data backup world and banishing the Titans? (more…)
When you’re playing Poker you are stuck with the cards you’re dealt. When your hand is called, you have to lay down and expose what cards you have as compared with your contender. If you’re unlucky and get dealt only bad cards… then you lose. Of course, when there is money on the line they call this gambling because you’re taking a chance on losing your hard earned cash. What if you could stack your deck, what if cheating was Legal? While you can’t preselect the cards you want to play with in Poker game you can, however, when you’re putting together a managed services offer to begin marketing.
