Highlights of VMworld 2016

VMware is forming the eventual fate of virtualization across the globe as it is about to host world’s biggest event “VMworld – 2016”. VMworld has always excited its attendees/ sponsors/ exhibitors with its new agenda and insights on cutting edge technology. This year the event will be focused on …

Top 5 Storage acquisitions in first half of 2016

Every year acquisitions are changing the storage landscape, adding a lot of dynamism and churn in the entire storage industry. First half of year 2016 has been no exception. We have seen some key acquisitions happened which may impact storage industry in the long run. They were 27 acquisitions….

Should Datacenters go the Hyper-Converged way?

Change is inevitable and so is applicable to datacenters. Trends show that datacenters are adopting new changes as many disruptive technology vendors embark into the datacenter business. Players ranging from flash storage to software defined storage, viz., Pure Storage, Nimble, Nutanix, Simplivity, etc., are all boarding this ….

Key Strategic Acquisitions for VMware

I was keeping a close watch on VMware even before the inception of Calsoft Inc. It was exciting to watch VMware growing from a young Silicon Valley startup to a formidable force in the enterprise market space. It is still growing at a rapid pace even after its merger with EMC and later will Dell. Forbes positioned VMware ast….

Hyper-converged Infrastructure Market – An Overview

I will start by giving a short introduction about hyper-converged infrastructure. It is a virtual computing infrastructure solution that integrates discrete data center services in a product’s…

Storage Industry 2015 – A Holistic View

Storage industry funding: A report from IDC states that the External Storage Market Witnessed a Significant Year-on-Year Growth (16 percent) due to Increased Spending across Verticals in…

Top 5 Storage Startups in 2015

Every year storage startups brings lot of dynamism and churn in the entire storage industry. Some of them disappear quickly, some disappear painfully, some gets acquired and…

Storage Industry – A recap and the road ahead

Storage industry has evolved in recent years. We have seen more data, and different kinds of data, generated by enterprises in the recent past. However with addition…

Dell and EMC Merger: Why, and What It Means

Dell’s $67 billion acquisition of EMC is the biggest technology deal ever. This will prove to be an added advantage to Dell sales force, known for their…

VMworld 2015 – All you’d want to know!!

The biggest event of the year for the virtualization space VMworld 2015 came to an end on September 4th 2015 and the attendees were left longing for…