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I can identify 4 developments for a storage system supplier from the provider of point products, through unification (getting all storage systems under a single management schema), to federation (adding the ability to address other vendors’ arrays) all the way to ‘software defined’ – which in this context means the ability to manage numerous storage […] Read more »
What’s VCE Announcing? This week VCE introduced the VxRack – a rack-based addition to its converged infrastructure and integrated platform vBlock machines, expanding its participation in the CIandIS market from 2 to 4 of the 5 layers (see Figure). The 2 new VxRack models are: 1032 – a multi-hypervisor (vSphere, KVM, Hyper-v, bare metal) machine […] Read more »
HP ConvergedSystem Highlights Launches ConvergedSystem brand and adjusts the organisation, brand, offerings and features Improves the ordering process Continues to focus on indirect sales Adds OneView secret sauce orchestration software Announces 5 new ConvergedSystems Moves up the CIandIS stack Will need to move rapidly to address 2014 opportunities In our view HP’s approach to Converged […] Read more »
Market researchers need to define what features make a workstation more than a PC, or a ‘smart’ phone more than a feature phone, if they want to size and forecast their markets. In the case of tablets there are significant challenges as these products are the conflux of a number of different products, business models […] Read more »