As the storage infrastructure and data-centric become the focus to provide the level of speed and automation needed to extract business value using the tools of analytics, IBM believes the model of traditional hardware-based storage should evolve to open the way to models of software-defined .
The new model based on the software will provide, according to IBM, greater flexibility of choice in how to manage their data archive and, at the same time, offer a better capacity for analysis and interpretation of the same.
In order to accelerate the development of new technologies and features, the vendor announced investment plans for over $ 1 billion for its product portfolio over the next five years, aiming to strengthen its commitment to storage technology, especially for cloud storage, object storage and open standards, including OpenStack.
The launch of IBM Elastic Storage Server , which combines the computing power of the processor IBM Power 8 with the flexibility offered by parallel file system GPFS (General Parallel File System) was a step recently and important and now the American company is ready for the next step which provides a range of software defined storage available through three different delivery models flexible: storage solutions defined by the software (via IBM Elastic Storage, SAN Volume Controller and Virtual Storage Center) storage solutions integrated software and hardware and storage via cloud based on the offer IBM Storage Elastic on SoftLayer.
The latest announcement is about a new portfolio of intelligent software called IBM Storage Spectrum , designed to help companies adopt a business model of hybrid cloud, managing huge amounts of data from a single dashboard . The software helps to automatically move the data on the optimal target (by the flash storage, disk, tape, to the cloud) according to their nature, the cost of the average frequency of use and safety requirements. The portfolio Spectrum Storage IBM is able to centrally manage more than 300 different storage devices, and both IBM and other vendors. 
“We need a new approach to help organizations manage the cost and complexity generated by the increasing volume of data. Today the traditional storage is inefficient and inadequate because the value of each piece of data is constantly changing – said Tom Rosamilia, Senior Vice President IBM Systems -. IBM is revolutionizing storage with Spectrum Storage software, which helps customers leverage their investments more efficiently hardware to extract the full value of business data. “
IBM also created a roadmap to extract intelligence from its traditional storage systems, and announced the first component is IBM Spectrum Accelerate . It is a software based on open standards and available for use on commodity hardware that enables organizations to include in their infrastructure a layer of intelligent features derived from its high-end storage appliances XIV.
These features allow you to add storage capacity in a dynamic and fast and ensure business continuity. In addition to Spectrum Accelerate, the portfolio will include the IBM Storage Spectrum Software Spectrum Virtualize, Spectrum Scale, Spectrum Control, Spectrum and Spectrum protecte Archive.
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