ARMONK, N.Y., April 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) today announced that for the third consecutive year it has
been ranked the number one vendor in software-defined storage
controller software according to results from International
Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Qview
for Q4 2016 (March, 2017).
The tracker encompasses file, object, block, and hyperconverged
software-defined storage offerings. Within the report IBM ranked
number one in CY2016. Software-Defined Storage Controller Software
and number one in CY2016 Archiving Software.
In addition, IBM has been ranked number two overall when
combining external storage systems and storage software global
revenue. This combines all 2016 external storage systems revenue
from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker
and all 2016 storage software revenue from the Worldwide Quarterly
Storage Software Qview.
"IBM's storage leadership is the result of our investments and
strategy to help solve our clients most critical data challenges
and our commitment to deliver those solutions," said Ed Walsh, general manager, IBM Storage and
Software Defined Infrastructure. "Our award-winning Spectrum
Storage Suite combines a comprehensive set of data management tools
with an economic advantage that can save our clients up to 40
percent in storage software costs."
In November 2016 IBM announced new
capabilities to its Spectrum Suite, which focuses on placing data
where it is most advantageous within a company's entire storage
estate. In addition to software, over the past year IBM announced a
wide-ranging expansion of its all-flash storage systems portfolio
with solutions that deliver low latencies to quickly extract value
from data, aiding in turning a company's data into a competitive
advantage. These include the extension of flash across the entire
storage family of offerings: FlashSystem A9000; All-flash versions
of the DS8888, 8886, and 8884; Storwize 7000F and 5030F; SAN Volume
Controller (SVC); the all flash Elastic Storage Server, and
all-flash versions of IBM's converged infrastructure with Cisco the
VersaStack
For more on IBM Storage, visit www.ibm.com/systems/storage.
Contact:
Greg Vitarelli
(617) 455-9627
vitarelli@us.ibm.com
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