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Published: 20 Oct 2012
Backup overhaul: From a mainframe to an open-systems environment

This article is part of the Vol. 6 No. 2 April 2007 issue of Backup overhaul: From a mainframe to an open-systems environment

Darwinian forces are at work in the storage industry, and users stand to benefit the most. Last month, I explained why the storage business works the way it does. This month, I'll talk about who's benefiting from the evolutionary changes that have occurred in this space. Revolutionary events cause rifts in the atmosphere, creating holes of new opportunity. IBM caused the great computer rift--enabling machines to perform business tasks--and it propelled them to historic levels of greatness not seen since the industrial revolution. The firm's success caused slower, evolutionary changes that enabled new holes of opportunity. Apple did it with iPod. Microsoft did it. But as IBM became more successful, the forces of evolution took hold and the problem shifted from "How do we get more leverage out of our high-priced math-whiz actuaries?" to "How will we keep all this electronic gadgetry up and running?" to "How do we do much more with way less?". Enter EMC, a fledgling memory company that saw an opportunity with a cheaper, faster, better play--namely storage. This... Access >>>

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