Insights and Observations about the Forthcoming DCIG 2014 Enterprise Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide

October 18, 2013

Anytime DCIG prepares a Buyer’s Guide – whether a net new Buyer’s Guide or a refresh of an existing Buyer’s Guide – it always uncovers a number of interesting trends and developments about that technology. Therefore it is no surprise (at least to us anyway) that as DCIG prepares to release its DCIG 2014 Enterprise Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide that it observed a number of interesting data points about enterprise midrange arrays. As DCIG looks forward to releasing this Buyer’s Guide, we wanted to share some of these observations and insights that we gained as we prepared this Guide as well as why we reached some of the conclusions that we did.

Early Insights from the Upcoming DCIG 2014 Enterprise Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide

September 27, 2013

The time for the release of the refreshed DCIG 2014 Enterprise Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide is rapidly approaching. As that date approached, we have been evaluating and reviewing the data on the current crop of midrange arrays that will be included in the published Buyer’s Guide (information on over 50 models) as well as the models that will be included in DCIG’s online, cloud-based Interactive Buyer’s Guide (over 100 models.) Here is a peak into some of what we are finding out about these models in regards to their ability to deliver on data center automation, VMware integration and flash memory support.

Hybrid Storage Makes Storage Tiering in the Virtualized World Irrelevant; Interview with Tegile Systems VP Rob Commins Part III

August 1, 2013

In the fast-paced, ever-changing world of virtualization, the ability for a storage array to deliver performance at exactly the right time is essential. Unfortunately, most tiered storage systems are poorly equipped to respond to these new dynamics. This is where hybrid storage arrays come into play. In this third installment of my interview series with Rob Commins, VP of Marketing at Tegile Systems, we discuss the practical applications of storage and data movement in a virtualized world, how storage tiering falls short of consumer requirements and why Tegile’s hybrid storage is so well-equipped to meet them.

DCIG 2013 High Availability and Clustering Software Buyer’s Guide Now Available

July 23, 2013

DCIG is pleased to announce the availability of its DCIG 2013 High Availability and Clustering Software Buyer’s Guide that weights, scores and ranks over 60 features on 13 different software solutions from 10 different software providers. This Buyer’s Guide provides the critical information that all size organizations need when selecting high availability (HA) and clustering software for applications running in their physical or virtual environments.

Enterprises Have a Need for Hyper-Converged Infrastructures as Well

July 19, 2013

As many new and existing vendors (Scale Computing, Simplivity, Pivot3, Nutanix) come out with these “Datacenter (DC) in a Box” and “Compute in a Can” types of solutions it is worth noting that these are not only for SMBs but also solutions that enterprise shops should consider as well.

90 Percent of Small and Midmarket Companies Want to Keep Their Critical Apps and Data Out of the Cloud; Scale Computing Interview Part II

June 20, 2013

There is a tendency among technology providers to sometimes pooh-pooh the virtualization needs of small and midsized businesses and only focus on the needs of the “really big enterprises.” However when one considers that the 900,000+ companies with 20-500 employees in Canada, the UK and US are less than 30% virtualized, a tremendous opportunity exists for the right technology provider to meet their specific needs.

Complexity in Midmarket IT Solutions Driving Need for the Hyper Converged Infrastructure; Interview with Scale Computing Part I

May 30, 2013

IT staff in midsized organizations face a peculiar challenge: it is expected to be masters of the technology in use at the organization as well as being up-to-speed on all internal business initiatives. To accomplish this twin feat, they need a new type of product that takes the best technologies available today, packages them as a single SKU and then makes it easy to install and manage.

Software-defined Storage is “Good” – Just Not All Versions of It May be Equally Well Suited for Your Organization

May 10, 2013

It seemed only moments after EMC announced its ViPR software-defined storage platform at EMC World this week that the attack dogs (primarily its competitors) were out in full force pointing out ViPR’s shortcomings and attacking its merits. But its competitors need to be careful how they go about discrediting EMC’s version of software-defined storage. EMC promoting it will lift the entire software-defined storage tide and help make it a viable option for end-users which many want and need.

“Doc Lock-in” May not be the Villain at EMC World

May 8, 2013

The main theme at this year’s EMC World is “Lead the Transformation” that EMC is illustrating through the use of superhero characters. The superheroes are represented as end users who come up with solutions to manage today’s complex storage environment while the villain is pictured as “Doc Lock-in” who requires our superheroes to “lock-in” on a single vendor to mitigate this complexity. Yet for those users who think strategically about their storage acquisitions, Doc Lock-in may not be the full-fledged villain that EMC World portrays him to be.

EMC Gives Storage Virtualization a Politically Correct Name: Software Defined Storage

May 7, 2013

About a decade ago, give or take a few years, a huge debate raged in the storage industry as to what was the best form of storage virtualization. However all that debate created over time was an equally large sense of fatigue with many people souring on the whole topic of storage virtualization. To resolve that, the term “storage virtualization” has been given a facelift at the 2013 EMC World and with it a politically correct name: Software Defined Storage – that is available from EMC as EMC ViPR.

Category: Virtualization

Insights and Observations about the Forthcoming DCIG 2014 Enterprise Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide

Early Insights from the Upcoming DCIG 2014 Enterprise Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide

Hybrid Storage Makes Storage Tiering in the Virtualized World Irrelevant; Interview with Tegile Systems VP Rob Commins Part III

DCIG 2013 High Availability and Clustering Software Buyer’s Guide Now Available

Enterprises Have a Need for Hyper-Converged Infrastructures as Well

Complexity in Midmarket IT Solutions Driving Need for the Hyper Converged Infrastructure; Interview with Scale Computing Part I

Software-defined Storage is “Good” – Just Not All Versions of It May be Equally Well Suited for Your Organization

“Doc Lock-in” May not be the Villain at EMC World

EMC Gives Storage Virtualization a Politically Correct Name: Software Defined Storage

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