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IBM Refreshes Storage Portfolio and Brings Enhanced Security Features to the FlashSystem Line

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Futurum analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the recently announced updates to IBM’s Storage Portfolio. With IBM rightly focused on addressing the burgeoning requirements for enhanced security of data the company launches the Cyber Vault solution across the FlashSysetm portfolio and also delivers a raft of other updates to the portfolio.

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The Storage-as-a-Service Market Heats Up — Pure Storage, IBM, VAST Data, Red Hat and others are Disrupting the Storage Landscape

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Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the disruption that is occurring in the storage marketplace, as well as recent announcements from IBM and Pure Storage. Steven also covers how traditional supply chains are being transformed through approaches taken by players such as VAST Data, and open source models such as CEPH.

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IBM Storage Adds Enhanced Data Protection to FlashSystem Showing a Focus on Security, Ransomware, and Storage

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Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his analysis of IBM Storage announcements today, which reflect the company’s addition of enhanced data protection to Flash System, showing a focus on security, ransomware, and storage. While the company has some catching up to do, this focus on data protection and a Storage-as-a-Service offering is clearly important to clients and prospects

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IBM Systems Has A Tough Quarter, But That Is Not The Whole Story

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Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the Q2 2021 results for IBM Systems. The headline results on the surface look troubling for Systems, however given the product life cycles of IBM Z and Power, and tough comparisons against Q2 2020, the business did surprisingly well and shows areas of growth and penetration in the marketplace.

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Data Storage is Not One Size Fits All

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With an increasing number of smart devices in use, the Internet of Things (IoT) is producing an exponentially larger data stream every year. To remain competitive, businesses must tap into this wealth of information among various platforms, but a lack of data storage quickly makes this problematic. To keep up, businesses must adopt new storage solutions to keep up with …