I just got back from Phuket where we had our HDS Asean Partner's Summit for 2009. It was a well organized event where our partners were exposed to a variety of new and exciting solutions. Most importantly, those solution help to save cost and streamline operations eg. Hitachi Content Archiving Platform (HCAP) and Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning (HDP)... More of these later.
When I came back, I received the latest copy of the Fortune Magazine - 28 Sept 2009. I have been an ardent fan of Fortune Magazine for many years as I have learnt a lot from their articles. One of the articles strike me and I thought I should post them in my blog so that I can remember them.
It's a story of how Papa John's got started... John Schnatter - founder, shared that we should :
1. find something that comes easy to you
- it is true that all of us aspire to do big and great things but very often the best talent that we have is just around the corner. At HDS - we spend a lot of time planning and building the business with what we have.
2. put the ideas to work
- dreams will remain as a dream until we test it. This is what we have done especially with our HCAP product where Malaysia is the main contributor to Asean's revenue this year.
3. be willing to take on the big guys
- we I joined HDS in 2007, our marketshare was just abt 4% when we closed 2006. However, we have a marketshare of 12.5% for 1H09! We have come a long way but what John said is correct - you must take on the big guys. So IBM, HP, EMC and Netapps - here we come.
When I came back, I received the latest copy of the Fortune Magazine - 28 Sept 2009. I have been an ardent fan of Fortune Magazine for many years as I have learnt a lot from their articles. One of the articles strike me and I thought I should post them in my blog so that I can remember them.
It's a story of how Papa John's got started... John Schnatter - founder, shared that we should :
1. find something that comes easy to you
- it is true that all of us aspire to do big and great things but very often the best talent that we have is just around the corner. At HDS - we spend a lot of time planning and building the business with what we have.
2. put the ideas to work
- dreams will remain as a dream until we test it. This is what we have done especially with our HCAP product where Malaysia is the main contributor to Asean's revenue this year.
3. be willing to take on the big guys
- we I joined HDS in 2007, our marketshare was just abt 4% when we closed 2006. However, we have a marketshare of 12.5% for 1H09! We have come a long way but what John said is correct - you must take on the big guys. So IBM, HP, EMC and Netapps - here we come.
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