Category Archives: Provider review
X-IO creates hybrid solid state and hard drives for high performance storage
X-IO's range of storage systems is based on its Intelligent Storage Element (ISE), which ditches [...]
Red Hat Gluster scale-out storage without directory nodes
Red Hat has announced Storage 2.0 - the first commercial offering based on its acquisition [...]
Nicira and Citrix promote Open vSwitch for Open network virtualisation
As in other areas of virtualisation VMware got there first and many suppliers, aggregators and [...]
Red Hat goes after the Enterprise with Cloud and virtualisation
Red Hat has succeeded in becoming a $1 billion software company, with an Open Source [...]
NetApp at twenty
NetApp ran its annual industry analyst event last week at its HQ, and in this [...]
Dell Kace system appliances address cultural and business virtualisation needs
Kace takes a mid-market design point for its systems management appliances and has grown significantly [...]
T-Systems joins vCloud aggregator line-up
Last week, T-Systems and VMware announced their strategic partnership at the VMware vForum 2012 in [...]
Vyatta Pioneers Software-Based Networking But Is This Hypervising?
Networking is the last of the 4 broad data centre equipment types to be virtualised [...]
Riverbed finds aggregators have different needs
We first reviewed Riverbed in our analysis of BT's Connect portfolio refresh. BT's network monitoring [...]
Expanding social capabilities might be Salesforce.com’s best bet yet
Just as enterprise It infrastructures are achieving better performance and availability through new architectural options [...]
Symantec journeys through transitions
On May 2nd Symantec announced full year results for the year ending 31 March 2012, [...]
Michael Dell answers the vertical integration issue
Weve featured Dell quite a bit on this site recently, including its homogeneous storage hypervisor [...]
Assessing Dell’s homogeneous storage hypervisor
In this research note we look at Dells version of storage hypervisors with a general [...]
Can acquisitions help Vodafone establish enterprise market momentum?
This week Vodafone made a recommended £1 billion cash offer for Cable & Wireless Worldwide [...]
IBM makes SVC heterogeneous – certifies hundreds of arrays
For storage hypervisors to be successful they need to allow users to manage storage as [...]
Dell’s storage services deserve more visibility
Dell's progress in services is praiseworthy. It inherited multiple capabilities and cultures from the various [...]
Centrix Software encourages you to think about the user not the device
Centrix Software believes that in a typical company the top 10 applications account for 90% [...]
Logicalis aligns for global growth
Logicalis had a good year, growing by 25% to earn just over $1 billion of [...]
Serving aggregators helps Quest Software hone its portfolio
Quest Software supplies software tools for application management, database management, Windows management, virtualization management, and [...]
Acquisitions set pace for VMware’s consulting practice
We initially explored VMwares consulting and education services as part of our storage hypervisor study. [...]
Minacs tests alliances and blended shoring for growth
Aditya Birla Minacs, more commonly know as Minacs, provides business and technology outsourcing. It is [...]
DataCore consistently championing Storage Hypervisors
DataCore is storage software company which has remained steadfastly focused on storage virtualisation since its [...]
Accessibility and intelligence drive refresh at BT
BT is bullish about its Connect portfolio refresh. In addition to speed, availability, scope, security [...]
Xsigo – virtualising the server networking layer
Xsigo produces I/O directors and its mission is to upset the enterprise networking market. The [...]
VCE Why a Separate Aggregator Company Makes Sense
VCE is a venture a little over 2 years old (originally named Acadia) between EMC, [...]
IBM and VMWare – A Storage Hypervisor Partnership
The partnership between these two suppliers is not widely known, despite IBM being VMWares largest [...]
TIBCO has $billion club membership in sight
TIBCO founder and CEO Vivek Ranadivé is betting big on timeliness. It is the premise [...]
Campbell Scientific demonstrates resource efficiency through automation
CSI is part of the broader control and sensor systems industries that have slowly become [...]
Unisys sustains viable operations support business
We see strong prospects for maintenance and user support providers in the medium term, as [...]
IBM – A Storage Hypervisor Vendor For Large Customers
>IBM is a supplier actively promoting the concept of storage hypervisors. We think it will [...]
Telecity proves aggregators are in demand
TelecityGroup today proclaimed bullish outlook for the rest of its financial year, underscoring the trend [...]
Centrix Software gains funding for US go-to-market push
Centrix software is a UK-based software company focusing on workplace discovery and helping companies prepare [...]
goBalto proves aggregators come in all sizes
goBalto serves the clinical trials community with its platform that helps evaluate and manage potential [...]
Dell Addresses Data Centre Resource Efficiency With Hotter Servers
Dell suggests improving resource efficiency by increasing operational temperatures and saving on expensive chillers. [...]
HP bids for Autonomy
HP announced its bid for Autonomy on August 18, 2011 at a whapping 78% premium [...]
IBM positioning for new generation IT buyers
We advise IBM and other suppliers to form specific strategies to become relevant to new [...]