No. 1: Virtualization Battle Escalates
The great storage debate of 2004 centered around virtualization, and the disagreements will probably intensify in 2005 as EMC puts its storage router into play. Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) and IBM have already staked their claims to having the best storage virtualization technology. In 2005, well see the major switch guys enter the fray along with switch, appliance, and intelligent software startups, especially as virtualization products gain more use for data replication.
The Editors, Byte and Switch
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