Pivot3 + NexGen = HCI with advanced QoS

On June 15, 2016, Pivot3 announced its first joint product “combining technology from [its] NexGen storage acquisistion with its hyperconverged platform.” For many years, Pivot3, one of the first companies to bring hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) to...

DataCore’s record breaking SDS SAN

On June 13, 2016, DataCore announced that it has proven that it can deliver a SAN built on commodity hardware using its SANsymphony PSP5 software defined storage (SDS) solution that will provide the extremely high IOPS ever recorded. SPC-1 validated that SANsymphony...

Dell EMC: Better Together?

Executive Summary EMC World 2016 was held in Las Vegas May 2nd – 5th.  Attendees were keen to hear more about the merger between Dell and EMC and how it will affect partners and customers.  This deal has several unique aspects to it, which will have an impact on the...

EMC World 2016 Product Announcement Analysis

Introduction Despite the overwhelming interest in the Dell EMC merger at this year’s EMC World 2016, EMC managed to release a significant number of products. Each product was anchored by the four pillars that EMC believes will form the foundation of “The Modern Data...