A New Direction for IBM Storage
Yesterday, there were several significant announcements made about the branding and strategy of IBM's storage product portfolio. And because the product that I so often write about is an important part of the portfolio, it was affected by these changes. IBM has dropped the "Spectrum" brand and so what was IBM Spectrum Fusion HCI will now be known as IBM Storage Fusion HCI System . These changes are being made to align the portfolio with clients' most pressing data challenges. IBM Storage solutions are now aligned under one of the three major data challenges faced today by organizations: AI and hyper data growth; connecting edge-to-core-to-cloud(s); and data resiliency. Respectively, these challenges are addressed by the following IBM Storage solution categories: IBM Storage for Data and AI, IBM Storage for Hybrid Cloud, and IBM Storage for Data Resiliency. IBM Storage Fusion products are aligned under the category IBM Storage for Hybrid Cloud . There was much mo