IBM today launches a number of market-leading hardware products based on its new, third generation, FlashCore Module. Not content just to keep technically ahead of its competitors, it continues to work hard to integrate these offerings into its wider approach to hybrid multi-cloud computing, its cyber resiliency services and new […] Read more »
IBM radically simplifies its storage offerings in Q1 2020
ITCandor's assessment of IBM storage announcement on Feb 12th 2020 Read more »
IBM’s Q4 2019 announcements – storage for the AI and container workloads you want to run
Following closely on the heels of the DS8900 launch last month, IBM announced some major storage products (both hardware and software) today at the TechU conference in Prague. My analysis here is based not only on briefing material from Eric Herzog and his team, but also from my visit to […] Read more »
IBM expands the Storwize 5000 family and multicloud storage attachments – April 2019
Analysis of IBM storage division announcements on April 2nd 2019 Read more »
IBM Q1 2019 storage announcements – security and AI for hybrid multi-cloud customers
A look at the implications of IBM Storage division's Q1 2019 announcements Read more »
IBM Storage October 2018 – Gen3 V7000, Spectrum Discover launched
A review of IBM Storage division's Q3 2018 announcements Read more »
8. Storage commoditisation puts more suppliers out of business
My eighth 2018 prediction is about how the rapid exponential growth in raw storage capacities is making a nonsense of most storage system supplier strategies. Read more »
Micron SolidScale – now that’s what I call Big Data!
Micron steps out as a storage systems supplier with the first ever boxed NVMeoF solution Read more »
Storage 2017 – growth at last!
A complete review of the storage systems, disc, NAND and DRAM markets. Read more »
IBM adds new all-flash hardware to its evolving software defined storage strategy
A look at IBM's storage strategy and August product announcements Read more »
Storage systems down 2.5% in Q1 2016 – long term decline causes widespread consolidation
Storage systems markets continue to wane Read more »
Storage systems down 5% in 2015
Some market stats on the storage systems and component markets Read more »
2016 prediction 6 – Raw storage and services drive Big Data growth
For an update to this data please click here. Over the last few years there’s been shift in spending away from storage arrays and towards raw storage. I expect this to continue in 2016. In total the market will grow by 2% to $115B, with the strongest growth in raw […] Read more »
Emulex – A Strategy For Great IT Migrations
Emulex has a vision of helping customers with 'great IT migrations' and launches new FC offerings Read more »