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| Squeak! - Venture funds in storage | This directory lists venture capital investments of $1 million (or more) made in storage companies since January 1, 2000. Approximately 50 companies have received a total of $2 billion. Not every company in this list will be successful. But I estimate that the companies in this list will need to recruit somewhere between 5,000 to 20,000 new employees during the next 2 years. New companies are added to this file regularly. |
| Squeak! - The fastest growing storage companies in the US | This directory was compiled in April 2001 and excluded companies which were not profitable, or which had revenue below $50 million. Since then circumstances have changed and some companies would exit the list, and new ones would be added on. Use the search-engine in the article (for STORAGEsearch.com or indeed any other portal which carries IT news and financial results) to search for key words like grew, growing, or "revenue growth". That kind of search strategy will pick up many more companies which should be in your target group. |
| rackmount SPARC systems | Surprise! In case you
didn't already know, market research company IDC has been reporting that the
rackmount server sector is not in recession and has actually been growing at a
double digit revenue rate most of this year. Not all companies are doing as well
as others, but this directory will point you at companies which may be the
strongest match for your skills. ...Later October 2002 - update. Our SPARC portal statistics indicate that the new bright areas in the SPARC market, measured by reader interest are:- SPARC Notebooks and SPARC Blades / compactPCI SBCs. |
| STORAGE Software | Many storage software companies have been seeing double or triple digit revenue growth this year, even while most other sectors in the software market have started to go into recession. Following the September 11th atrocity, even the non technical media was publicising how data backup strategies were key factors in getting survivors in the Twin Towers back into business. As a result many companies involved in data replication have seen increased interest in their products and services. |
| Market research | The dozens of market research and analyst companies in this directory focus on the storage market, and other segments in the IT market. If you search their press releases and the abstracts of their market reports you'll be able to identify other business areas which have been growing fast, or which are projected to grow in the near future. Companies which are growing fast, need to hire people like you. Otherwise they can't grow. |
| Sun/SPARC Resellers in the USA | Whereas the Sun reseller
segment as a whole has also suffered from the same market effects which have
impacted Sun, some companies which are better at marketing, are doing a lot
better than others. The directories below, includes only companies which have
their headquarters in that state. In many cases, other national resellers also
have locations in those states. So you may need to reference our US list (link
on the left). Apology in advance... This directory has been compiled from independent market research by us and our readers, with no help whatsoever from Sun. So it may be incomplete. But it's the best list of Sun VARs we've got. |
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| Linux portals, Industry trade associations, Sun, Solaris & SPARC portals | Once you've gained confidence in your basic search strategy, expand the number of web sites which you use for your trawling. The list of portals on the left will expand you out to a larger range of information sources than you've probably seen before, if you've worked for Sun. These are mainly focused on the Sun and closely related Unix markets, because that's where your skills will be most highly valued. (And the other reason is that I don't know any PC sites.) |
| Events & trade shows | Going to trade shows and conferences in the enterprise systems market is a traditional way to find out who's hiring. Only problem is, everyone else is doing the same thing. There are more shows in December this year than usual, because many events originally scheduled for September and October were postponed. |
| SAN training companies, Solaris Training Companies | Training companies and other services types of companies may be useful outlets for your skills. These are quite small lists, but you may know of others. |
| STORAGE Sales Jobs in the USA | This is a small list of job portals which have sales and marketing jobs in the IT sector. Not the biggest list but worth having a look at. |
| Dear Reader If you've gotten this far, then good luck and I hope you find the above ideas useful. Most of the people I know (including myself) have been in the situation of having to look for a new job at a bad time in a recession. All of them finally ended up finding something better. It may be hard to imagine that now, and the next job may not be the answer, but a recession accelerates innovation and the development of new companies. I hope that in your new career (if that's why you came here) you find some of the resources you use today still come in useful. Zsolt Kerekes, Publisher | |
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