IBM has announced innovative new storage systems that are optimised for workloads such as transaction processing and real-time analytics, reflecting the company’s $6 billion annual investment in R&D.
Among the new products is a midrange disk storage system, called the IBM Storwize V7000, designed to efficiently and cost effectively manage the torrent of data flowing into companies so it can be swiftly delivered for such workloads as transaction processing – like the growing volume of transactions completed from the Web and mobile and embedded devices.
The new storage systems include technologies that can eliminate the need to repeatedly make copies of the same data; scale-out storage technologies to support growth – particularly of unstructured data like video and photos – and high-performance workloads like cloud computing; and technologies to place the most critical data on fast, dynamic storage devices so it can be more quickly made available for workloads like analytics and mobile transaction processing.
IBM also introduced today a range of other storage products, including:
- - IBM System Storage DS8800
- - Updated SAN Volume Controller software
- - IBM Systems Director Storage Control software
- - IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center v4.2 software
- - Implementation Services for Disk Systems
“Organisations are struggling with the volume and evolving nature of the data they’re already collecting. The IBM Storwize V7000 will deliver clients a new level of storage efficiency that can help them better store and secure their data,” said Brian Truskowski, General Manager, IBM storage. “IBM is combining home-grown storage innovations like our Easy Tier technology together with acquisitions of industry leading storage technologies such as XIV to deliver our clients a truly unmatched portfolio of storage solutions.”


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