The 4 stages of All-Flash storage: Denial, anger, bargaining... and integration

Customers aren't as focused on performance as they were

Last week saw yet more stories and announcements on all-flash storage. IBM released new FlashSystem products based on XIV and an all-flash version of their mainframe/enterprise platform, the DS8888. I had another briefing from Violin (although that didn't reveal anything new) and rumours started to swirl that X-IO Technologies might be stepping away from the AFA business."