Comments on: InsideTrack: rumor has it that Dave Driggers has bought Verari

By: Inside Track: Employees at new Verari head for furlough as company struggles in recovery | insideHPC.com

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:19:24 +0000

[...] employees in the process. Then co-founder Dave Driggers managed to put together some financing and buy some of what was left to try and make another go of it as Verari Technologies. The company didn’t say much after it [...]

By: El Morya

El Morya — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:42:06 +0000

You are correct; Mr. Driggers deserved better. I am sure that the “Wright Brothers” made off with whatever money was left over. Let’s see: let’s go bankrupt so we don’t have to pay anyone’s salaries, or options or insurances….and then, let’s take our money and start a new “old” company free and clear. You have to love it. And hire back one of its greatest manipulators…name not mentioned..

By: MMC

MMC — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:52:58 +0000

From what I’m hearing C.Hester is there trying to get some of the old MMC crew back. Which is kind of a good thing, the people who worked there are good but they lacked leadership. The Super there was down right breaking every sexual harassment rule in the book and CH let it happen. But for what it is, CH will do alright for that company. If it was a bigger company with a real warehouse he would be out of his league.

By: Another Ex

Another Ex — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:38:26 +0000

Yea i was wondering why the Hester crew isn’t mentioned anywhere.

By: WishTheBestExpectNothing

WishTheBestExpectNothing — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:15:53 +0000

Dave is a very nice guy and I hope he succeeds in bringing back his company that Wright and others drove into ground.

By: New bios for a new (old) team at Verari as it struggles back to life | insideHPC.com

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:28:45 +0000

[...] I did not hear back from Dave Driggers after I posted the word I got that he had won the auction for Verari, it seems from looking at the company’s website that the rumor was true. Check out the [...]

By: Codename Zebra

Codename Zebra — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:52:06 +0000

It seems that it is true. http://verari.com/bios.asp
Hopefully he can hire back some of the old crew. It’s a bit strange that I didn’t see Victor Hestor on the list, after all he was a cofounder and VP of Operations.

By: Ugottabekiddingme

Ugottabekiddingme — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:44:02 +0000

Go Dave!

So Scrapula is ‘driving’ sales at SGI? Driving them into the ground, no doubt. Investors best short the stock.

By: John West

John West — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:59:04 +0000

So the “senior exec” that SGI picked up looks like Vince Scarpulla, Verari’s WW head of sales. Vince will have Americas sales at SG, according to the release: http://www.pr-inside.com/sgi-names-vincent-scarpulla-to-run-r1668637.htm.

By: LOL-Verari

LOL-Verari — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:01:13 +0000

SGI/Rackable must be stupid. How could they hire anyone of the people that killed Verari? Not sure who they hired but I wish them well. Okay, that’s a lie. They (SGI) deserve what they get for hiring whatever criminal ex Verari management they hired.

By: Codename Zebra

Codename Zebra — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:31:40 +0000

Wow I hope this rumor is true, Dave Driggers is a nice guy.

By: Not Bitter

Not Bitter — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:02:04 +0000

Actually, the google adword that have been repeatedly seen have been appearing next to the insidehpc.com articles is from advancedhpc.com … a company made from parts of the now-defunct Western Scientific and at least one former Verari sales person. Also in San Diego, also able to step up and take some of the business.

SGI (that’s Rackable) supposedly has hired a senior exec from Verari “gang of 14″ and a David Wright insider/buddy in particular.. so the customers who choose SGI to help them out will see at least one person they’ll potentially recollect from past transactions… SGI announced at least as far back as December 15 (noted on HPCwire), probably prior to that hire… so it must be a strategy?

A particularly credible offeror, TechForce, is supporting Verari customers also. They had a lot of Verari gear at the end apparently so this one makes a lot of sense. So they have the infrastructure and the spares to start out… It is reported that Akamai has signed up.

By: The Podfather

The Podfather — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:26:00 +0000

Dave did put in a bid – no word on whether or not it was the winning bid.

There were several firms who wanted to talk after the new owner was in place – resellers, customers, etc. but no one showed up to put in other bids. I blame it on the CES show focus as that consumed 99% of the press from other suitors last week.

The Ad that was mentioned was from Rackable – they were offering to take on warranties of Verari’s containers – assuming (and I speculate hoping) Verari was done.

The focus is on Blades and Containers going forward.