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 more announced yesterday about IBM Storage products that I'm not covering here, most notably the IBM Storage Defender solution that fits into the IBM Storage for Data Resiliency category.  I encourage you to read more about the new IBM Storage Defender solution here.

I'm not going to go back and edit my previous posts to reflect this new name change, but from now on I'll be using the new name, IBM Storage Fusion HCI System.

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