Good summary of the players Chris. Each one with a history of pumping protocols, speeds, feeds and data location recommendations focused on the 5 9's and the economics of storage. DataGravity wants to up the ante on that conversation. The infrastructure must get intelligent at all layers. Data-Aware is the new game in storage. Before that data goes anywhere we want to examine it for key attributes like sensitivity, security, ownership, dormancy etc. Essentially data gets a voice and a seat at the business table.
The next major inflection point in this industry happens when you can see what's in your data so you can take action on it before someone else does. We've witnessed some pretty amazing things when people put their data on our systems. In every single case, 100% of the time, they find sensitive information in that data that would cause business harm if it got into the wrong hands. We're finding it at the point of storage. We're showing them the Who, What, When, Where and Why of their data and they are blown away by it.
If you’re talking about the five 9’s, those are the right charts. With the five W’s, you are missing some key players.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
