Last week I presented COMSTAR futures to the DMA (Data Management Ambassadors). We talked about the strength of the COMSTAR framework and a fair bit about the adoption curve. The truth is, hype and pride aside, COMSTAR is a game changer for us. The naive implementation is merely third tier storage or interesting scratch disks. However, as people become more comfortable with the employment of COMSTAR, they are recognizing that the strength of COMSTAR isn't so much that you CAN do these types of things but rather you can essentially deploy world class data services at a fraction of the cost. And, it is easy to do. So the possibility is merely exciting. The savings is revolutionary. 

I also promised to post the matrix of targets... Here it is...