What Changed the Data Storage Problem into a Data-Driven Opportunity?

By Eric Slack, Monday, June 26th 2017

Analyst Blogs

Analysts go to a lot of trade shows and company-sponsored events where vendors show their new products and technologies. At these shows there’s always a theme. For a long time that theme was around data growth; how to storage and...

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Evaluating a Hyperconverged Solution – Management and Advanced Features

By Eric Slack, Thursday, April 27th 2017

Analyst Blogs

Evaluating products in the IT space is a complex process. A simple “feeds and speeds” comparison isn’t enough as features and functionality proliferate. This is especially true with Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) products where the evaluation now encompasses compute and management...

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Evaluating a Hyperconverged Solution – Hypervisors, Containers and Cloud Support

By Eric Slack, Wednesday, March 29th 2017

Analyst Blogs

Evaluating products in the IT space is a complex process. A simple “feeds and speeds” comparison isn’t enough as features and functionality proliferate. This is especially true with Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) products where the evaluation now encompasses compute and management...

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How to Choose a Hyperconverged Infrastructure Solution – Data Protection, Business Continuity and Management – by Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Monday, February 13th 2017

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Evaluating products in the IT space is a complex process. A simple “feeds and speeds” comparison isn’t enough as features and functionality proliferate. This is especially true with Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) products where the evaluation now encompasses compute and management...

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How to Choose a Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Solution – Cost and Performance – by Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Monday, January 23rd 2017

Analyst Blogs

Evaluating products in the IT space is a complex process. A simple “feeds and speeds” comparison isn’t enough as features and functionality proliferate. This is especially true with Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) products where the evaluation now encompasses compute and management...

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How to Choose a Hyperconverged Infrastructure Solution – by Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Wednesday, January 11th 2017

Analyst Blogs

Evaluating products in the IT space is a complex process. A simple “feeds and speeds” comparison isn’t enough as features and functionality proliferate. This is especially true in Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) space where the product evaluation now encompasses compute and...

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“More’s” Law in Hyperconverged Infrastructures – by Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Monday, November 28th 2016

Analyst Blogs

Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) appliance vendors seem to be in a race to come out with the most features, a practice enabled by the software-defined storage (SDS) technology that’s at the foundation of these products. This trend is giving rise to...

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Thinking Outside the Checkbox of VM-awareness – by Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Monday, November 7th 2016

Analyst Blogs

There certainly are a lot of “check box” items in our industry. These are the long lists of features that populate technical data sheets. In an effort to keep up with the competition, it seems that vendors feel compelled to...

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Is there an Elephant in the Room for Hyperconverged Infrastructures? – Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Thursday, September 29th 2016

Analyst Blogs

Microsoft, which joined the Cloud rush a few years ago with Azure, is gaining on market leader Amazon Web Services (AWS). Although AWS enjoys a roughly 30% market share, Az ure now has 11% of the market, and is increasing...

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SSD Endurance, Disaggregation and the Changing Economics of Flash-based Storage Systems – Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Monday, August 22nd 2016

Analyst Blogs

IT infrastructure doesn’t typically ‘wear out’, so much as it becomes obsolete. Technology changes fast enough that newer models offer substantial benefits over systems that may be only a few years old. This is particularly true with controller hardware where obsolescence...

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