About Us

The analyst team at Ptak, Noel & Associates LLC is made of industry veterans whose collective expertise brings 160 years of experience to the table. We subscribe to the idea that, when it comes to business intelligence, one size never fits all. We do custom, targeted work only, and no canned reports. We do this work quickly and insightfully, and when appropriate, we recommend actionable outcomes.
 
At Ptak/Noel we help IT organizations become solution initiators, enabling them to be more effective users of IT management technology as a means of resolving business problems; we help technology vendors refine their strategies, and provide them with deliverables that communicate the business values of their products and services; and we provide all clients with an understanding of how their competitors are playing in their market space, and deliver actionable recommendations. Our clients include many industry leaders in the mainframe and open systems segments, who recognize the meaningful breadth and objectively of our research in IT management technologies and processes. They appreciate the fact that, with Ptak/Noel, it's all about business. Ptak, Noel & Associates is pleased to provide STA members with a discount for certain services. www.ptaknoel.com.

Storage at Ptak Noel

Mike Karp heads up Ptak Noel's storage practice. Mike has led the storage practice for various analyst groups since 2001. Previous to that his 30-year career has included technical, marketing, and business management positions at Prime Computer, NCR Microelectronics, Symbios Logic, LSI and Bellcore. For six years Mike was also author of Network World's Storage in the Enterprise newsletter. His past work for STA includes both written articles and having been the keynote speaker for STA's SAS kickoff event.

Contact

Mike Karp, Vice President and Principal Analyst
Ptak,Noel and Associates
8 Olde Stonebridge Path
Westborough, Massachusetts 01581
001 (508) 366-0328
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