How Software Ushered In New Age Of Storage
StorageNewsletter.com, Thursday, March 7th, 2024
With data increasingly stored in cloud-based architectures or in off-prem locations, discussions that once purely focused on storage hardware have notably shifted towards software.
This includes SDS, software managing virtualization, and automation capabilities utilizing AI and ML integration to improve storage optimisation. Here we explore the drivers behind the evolution of software, its game-changing capabilities, its challenges, and how far along organisations are in realizing the potential of software over hardware in the storage industry. We asked a number of industry influencers and vendors for their views, culminating in a future outlook of software in storage.