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"Deni Connor's extensive background spans multiple IT disciplines and enables her to provide actionable feedback and thorough analyses which benefits QLogic, our global channel partners and our customers. I highly recommend SSG-NOW as a cost-effective IT consultancy that delivers high impact results."

Steve Zivanic,
Senior Director, QLogic

"Deni is fearless. As a reporter she never failed to objectively cover the prickliest of issues. As an analyst, we expect her to be one of the best."

John Dix, editor in chief of Network World

"SSG-NOW provides deep market knowledge coupled with a strategic, yet pragmatic approach. Deni's technology understanding is well matched with the skepticism of a former reporter - she drills down to relevant questions and quickly assesses the viability of a strategy or technology from an end-user's perspective."

Ursula Talley, vice president of marketing, StoredIQ

"Storage Strategies NOW analysts are experts in data center and storage/server issues, always providing deep technology experience and objective, practical and timely analysis of products, technologies and industry direction."

Jay Kramer, vice president of worldwide marketing, SEPATON


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Who We Are

Deni Connor
Principal Analyst
dconnor@ssg-now.com

Deni Connor founded SSG-NOW in 2007. She is a well-known storage expert, who was previously a reporter for IDG’s Network World. In addition, she worked in marketing and editorial positions for Novell, IBM, Control Data, Radix International, Thomas-Conrad and LAN Times and Networking Solutions magazine. While she has written for Data Communications, Byte, Datamation, the Computer Shoppper and Storage Magazine, now she writes primarily for Network World — the Storage Alert Newsletter — and for TechTarget. She has also written four books on computer networking and data communications. Deni holds a B.A. degree in Fine Arts and Biology from the University of Northern Colorado.

Jim Bagley
Senior Analyst and Business Development Consultant
jbagley@ssg-now.com

Jim comes to SSG-NOW with more than 35 years of marketing and product management experience with companies such as Symbol Technologies, Norand, Code and Radix International. He is a pioneer in the field of hand held computers and portable bar code readers and an expert in memory technologies and the challenges of start-up companies. He has an established track record of turning startups into successful technology businesses. Jim has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Utah.

Patrick H. Corrigan
Senior Analyst
phcorrigan@ssg-now.com

Patrick H. Corrigan is formerly director of IT for the US Probation Office, a consultant for Novell consulting services and vice president of marketing for Costa Distributing. He is the author of several books including LAN Disaster Prevention and Recovery. Patrick resides in Tigard Oregon and enjoys woodworking and photography. He has written for ComputerWorld, Network Magazine, and LAN Times.

Logan Harbaugh
Product Test Validation Engineer

Logan Harbaugh is a freelance reviewer and IT consultant located in Redding, CA, who has worked in IT for more than 20 years. He has been a Senior Contributing Editor with InfoWorld Labs for eight years, was a Senior Technology Editor at Information Week Labs for five years, and has written reviews for many publications and web sites, including Storage Magazine, TechTarget.com, Information Week, eWeek, Network World, Linux Journal, PC Magazine and Internet.com. He has also written two books on network troubleshooting.

James Gaskin
Product Test Validation Engineer

James Gaskin is a freelance reviewer and IT consultant located in Mesquite, TX, who has worked in IT for more than 30 years. He writes Network World’s Small Business Technology newsletter and for ChannelPro, ComputerWorld, and ITworld magazines. Gaskin is the author of Talk is Cheap: Switching to Internet Phones and the Broadband Bible Desktop Edition.