Top 7 Considerations for Software-Defined Storage in 2018

Data is fast becoming the defining weapon of competitive differentiation

Published September 2018

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IT teams are embracing software-defined storage because it enables them to meet some of the most pressing needs of their organizations:

• Increasing business agility

• Supporting cloud architectures

• Reducing IT complexity

• Lowering TCO

• Optimizing existing infrastructure investments

• Using technology to drive competitive business advantage

Not all SDS solutions will enable you to address all of these challenges. In choosing a solution, make sure you can achieve single-pane-of-glass management, support for multiple cloud platforms and the ability to flexibly provision cloud storage platforms as an alternative storage tier.