Keeping pace into today’s data driven world is one of IT’s biggest challenges. Previously, storage area networks (SAN)-based disk systems were the norm. Their capacity and speed increased over the years, but they remained a relatively simple way to plan for the future. Companies would purchase new systems to replace their old and data was generally stored in the data center. When flash came to market, it was considered expensive and a niche solution. Now, with the world becoming more and more data driven, and with the immense amount of data that is produced, new trends can be identified.

Changing Trends for Storage

Identifiable trends include:

• All-flash storage
• Software defined storage
• Converged infrastructure solutions.

Disk systems no longer are able to keep up and are quickly being replaced with all-flash storage. Previously, flash was considered for cases needing speed; now flash is becoming the default with disk being more of the niche for certain applications.

Another trend is the evolution of the data center. The idea of data being kept in a data center is changing to the more popular and effective hybrid cloud deployment. Data now can easily be moved more efficiently depending on where it needs to be – based on class of storage, a different site or to the cloud.

Finally, the trend towards converged infrastructure solutions are increasing in popularity. Converged infrastructure solutions allow for a single rack to manage all interfaces. This speeds up reaction times and application deployment.

Why IBM?

IBM is a world leader in software-defined storage environments. Their mature product portfolio has flexible options for storage and data management which can meet the needs of all types and sizes of businesses. Customers not only gain industry-leading technology and guarantees, but a solution that satisfies needs for today and tomorrow.

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