Highlights of the newsletter: An introduction to Open Storage Platform research. New Analyst's RoundTable Video covering Private Cloud. Plus blog posts on EMC/Dell deal and new research on IBM DS8880 Storage System, NetApp? and Hyper-Converged Systems.  
Storage Journal, October 2015
What's up this month? Evaluator Group kicks off Open Storage Platform research with An Introduction by Randy Kerns. Also, John Webster discusses the state of production of the Hadoop platform in his Forbes blog.

Open Storage Platform​
An Introduction - Industry Insight by Randy Kerns 

If You Missed It
Hyper-Converged Executive Summary and more new Hyper-Converged Research
What's all the Hype about Hyper-Converged? - Blog by Eric Slack 
Cool Technology: Private Cloud - Round Table Video

New Research Highlights 
NetApp Doubles Down on its Data Fabric Strategy - Free Client Advisory Note 
IBM's Next Generation DS8880 Storage Systems - Free White Paper
Optimizing Oracle with HP 3PAR StoreServ All-flash Storage  - Free White Paper 
Open Storage Platform, An Introduction
 
A new model for understanding the deployment options and product offerings for storage has emerged, one that can aid in discussions, evaluations and decisions.  This model, called the “Open Storage Platform,” is based on how systems are constructed to meet the demands for storing and managing information.        

 
Cool Technology: Private Cloud 

Our analysts sit down to discuss Private Cloud Storage in this roundtable video. You can access all of the 2015 Cool Technology Videos, along with other great content, on our website .
 
New and Updated Research

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Updated Comparison Matrices (Standard PDF) 
SAN Entry, High
Hyper-Converged Systems 

Updated Comparison Matrices (Interactive PDF) 
SAN Entry, High
Hyper-Converged Systems

Updated Product Brief & Analyses
HDS VSP G-Series Product Brief , Analysis
IBM DS8000 Product Brief, Analysis
Tintri VMstore Product Brief, Analysis
HP ConvergedSystem 250-HC StoreVirtual Product Brief
VMware EVO: RAIL Product Brief
Simplivity OmniCube Product Brief
Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform Product Brief
Maxta MaxDeploy & MxSP Product Brief
Dell XC Series Hyperconverged Appliances Product Brief
Atlantis Computing Hyperscale Product Brief

Industry Insight
Optimizing Oracle with HP 3PAR StoreServ All-flash Storage
Overcoming IT Limitations with Storage Federation
IBM’s Next Generation DS8880 Storage Systems—Enhanced Performance with IT Agility

Executive Summary
Hyper-Converged Executive Summary

Webinar
Optimizing Oracle with HP Solid State Storage
 
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