Highlights of the newsletter: In new blog posts, Eric Slack, Sr. Analyst, discusses using converged and hyperconverged systems in the enterprise and John Webster, Sr. Analyst, breaks down the future of public cloud services. Plus, free benchmark reports on IBM Flashsystem V9000.
Storage Journal, March 2016
What's up this month? Just released, free IOmark-VM and IOmark-VDI benchmark report on IBM Flashsystem V9000. Plus, new blog posts on converged and hyperconverged systems and the future of public cloud services. 

Netherlands Class:
Information Technology - Strategies and Solutions 
Evaluator Group will be teaching a 3-day course from April 11-13th, 2016. For registration information and to download the full syllabus, please visit the class page here. 

If You Missed It
Free white paper: Is Hyperconverged Cost-Competitive with the Cloud? by Senior Analyst Eric Slack and new premium coverage on HDS Flash Storage system.

New Research Highlights 
EMC VMAX3 Product Brief
EMC VMAX3 Product Analysis
EMC DSSD Client Advisory Note
EMC DSSD Product Brief
IBM Storwize V5000 Product Brief - 2nd Generation
IBM Storwize V5000 Product Analysis  - 2nd Generation
Is There a Place for Converged and Hyperconverged in the Enterprise?
 
Blog post by Eric Slack, Senior Analyst
First came the Converged Infrastructure (CI), providing a way to simplify the integration of open systems components in large data centers. Then came Hyperconverged, which sounds like an even better solution for these same use cases, but really isn’t. Where CIs combine existing components, Hyperconverged Infrastructures (HCIs) represent a completely new product. These two technologies share the same root word but not much else, and they don’t compete for the same IT projects.
 
Enterprise Class Solid-State Storage Performance Evaluation - IBM Flashsystem V9000

Technology innovations in the computer storage industry have enabled storage system manufacturers to dramatically improve storage system performance by utilizing NAND flash storage media. However, many IT organizations have been reluctant to move their most important applications onto untrusted flash storage systems, due to a lack of familiarity, and for some storage systems due to the lack of reliable enterprise class protection features required by their mission critical business applications. 
 
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Product Comparison Matrices

Evaluator Group maintains up-to-date comparison matrices and, once a year, conducts a major review of all storage products to add new relevant functionality and assure all data is accurate. ​All product comparison matrices have now been updated for 2016. Plus, changes reflect the latest announcements for solid state systems, SAN - Midrange and hyperconverged systems. 

Hyperconverged Research Solid State Research  ​Object Storage Research NAS Research SAN Research Open Storage Platform Research
Storage Vendor News Round-Up 
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