Taylor's Take on Sun Storage
My storage team and I focus on three of the most important aspects in any industry: customers, competitors and market trends. There is insight to gain and share in this role, so here is our take on Sun and Storage - Taylor Allis
Donate in Simon Shepherd's Name
Simon Shepherd "Si" was a brilliant Market Analyst on our Market
Strategy & Intelligence team. He worked out of our London, UK
office; was with StorageTek before Sun and with IDC before that.
Simon helped size and scope the early markets for new Sun innovations like Project Blackbox (Sun Modular Data Center) and Thumper (Sun Fire X4500). He was given the task to size markets that essentially didn't exist at the time due to his creativity, hard work and intelligence.
Unfortunately, Simon's 14-month battle with glioblastoma (brain cancer) ended several months ago. We have lost a great man and colleague who was in his youth. Simon is survived by his wife Stephanie and young daughter Scarlett.
How can I help?
Simon was very aware of the lack of
research into glioblastoma due to lack of funding, and his wife has
asked for our help. If you want to help and give hope to others who
have the same diagnosis as Simon's, then please donate to the following
requested charity:
The Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign
The Institute of Cancer Research
123 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 3RP
You can donate by check or credit card online at:
Please note that the donation is in memory of Simon Shepherd and they will ensure that it goes to the right fund.
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Posted at 10:33AM Jul 10, 2008 by Taylor Allis in Storage Intelligence | Comments[1]
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Taylor,
Thank you for making me aware of this opportunity to honor Simon Shepherd. I had the pleasure of working with Simon as part of my London team, when I ran storage research at IDC. He was a hard worker, great colleague, and caring friend. I will absolutely support this effort and forward your link to his former colleagues at IDC.
John
Posted by John McArthur on July 11, 2008 at 08:30 AM MDT #