An SMB's story: 'IBM? We've been a customer for 15 years and they couldn't be bothered to talk to us'

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When Barnsley College was looking to replace its SANs it turned to incumbent vendor IBM - and was disappointed by the response

When Barnsley College was looking to upgrade or replace its storage area networks (SANs) that were getting "a bit long in the tooth" you'd have thought the incumbent vendor IBM would have fallen ov...

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