As the new vendor storage blog on the block, Online Storage Optimization has a lot to be grateful for. Since our relaunch in February, we have become a known source of opinion and information on the very hot topic of data deduplication. You, our readers, are the reason we exist. Your comments and thoughts are what keep us going–and thinking. Your visits to our site, which according to our analytics software are increasing almost daily, make us realize that we’re providing a useful service to you.
So, this post is simply to say “thank you.” We appreciate your interest in what we have to say. We hope that you will tell others about this blog, especially those who are seeking to better understand the ways in which data reduction can offer cost savings and earth savings. We hope to hear more of your comments. And for those of you who we are meeting on Twitter, we thank you for your retweets–of which there have been so many. Not only does this mean that you are helping to garner more interest in this blog, but it also shows to us that what we are saying has value to you.
If you disagree with us, that’s fine as well. We know that vendor blogs are used as a forum for healthy debate, and we welcome any and all respectful comments–and so far, all of your comments have been respectful. We look forward to meeting all of you on these pages and in the outside world.

Thanks for having a useful blog.