Equallogic understands the power of manageability
Steve Duplessie’s post on Dell’s Equallogic grab includes a great example of the insatiable demand for storage that’s really only limited by manageability.
Business data storage is becoming less and less about the bytes and all about how easy it is to use them. Equallogic has had to fight its way kicking and screaming into a fiercely competitive market, and they’ve succeeded because they understood this fact and stayed true to it with their products.
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