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• Report Vendor Landscape: Software-Defined Data Centers

  The SDDC Is Still A Work In Progress, But Progress Is Swift

  September 1, 2016 | Robert Stroud, Richard Fichera

  To meet needs arising from the unprecedented acceleration of the digital business, infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals are shifting their attention from physical infrastructure to...

• Report Evolve Or Crumble: Prepare For The Fate Of The Hardware Incumbents

  Traditional Infrastructure Players Evolve Their Strategies To Compete In A Cloud-First World

  August 29, 2016 | Sophia I. Vargas, Richard Fichera

  The cloud is driving increasingly customer-centric and data-rich services, and this infrastructure shift continues to transform and cannibalize hardware markets. The major technology incumbents...

• Report Brief: Dell Divests Software That Doesn't Fit Its "Quest" To Dominate The BT Agenda

  Dell Sells Its Software Group — Here's What It Means for I&O Pros

  July 8, 2016 | Glenn O'Donnell

  As Dell prepares itself to build a new company around its EMC acquisition, it's shedding nearly its entire Dell Software Group. This deal gives infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals a...

• Report Quick Take: Dell Buys EMC, Creating A New Legacy Vendor

  The Federation Will Disband; Dell-EMC Won't Spawn A Public Cloud Titan

  October 13, 2015 | Glenn O'Donnell, Richard Fichera, Andras Cser

  With Dell announcing its $67 billion intent to acquire EMC, EMC's long-anticipated exit begins in earnest. While the new Dell will offer infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals a path to...

• Report Market Overview: Use Project Services To Accelerate Infrastructure Transformation

  September 1, 2015 | Bill Martorelli

  In the face of unprecedented and escalating demands on information technology brought on by the age of the customer, infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals are being forced to rapidly...

• Report Market Overview: Midrange Storage

  Decoding The Midrange Storage Market

  June 12, 2014 | Henry Baltazar

  Business growth is the main factor driving data growth, and organizations must assess their current storage infrastructure to create a sustainable environment. The midrange storage space is a...

• Report Market Overview: Converged Infrastructure Solutions In 2013, Part 2 Of 2

  The Vendor Landscape Has Matured And Diversified

  September 11, 2013 | Richard Fichera

  Where Forrester's first report on the market for converged infrastructure (CI) solutions focused on the benefits and taxonomy, this second report focuses on the vendor landscape and vendor...

• Report Market Overview: Converged Infrastructure Solutions In 2013, Part 1 Of 2

  The Benefits And Taxonomy Of Converged Infrastructure Solutions

  September 6, 2013 | Richard Fichera

  The leading IT infrastructure hardware vendors, such as Cisco Systems, Dell, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), HP, IBM, and Oracle, have offered basic converged infrastructure (CI) solutions for...

• Report China Appliance Market Dynamics, 2013 To 2017

  January 11, 2013 | Frank Liu

  Understanding of and interest in appliances is surging in China as organizations there struggle to manage massive growth while simultaneously using traditional infrastructure and platforms to...

• Report Market Overview: Midrange Storage, Q3 2011

  Unified Storage Architectures Enable Private Cloud Environments

  August 29, 2011 | Vanessa Alvarez

  The storage industry is undergoing a transition. Infrastructure and operations (I&O) execs know that storage is a core component of enabling private cloud environments. But to achieve cloud...