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TableofContents
Nearlineapplicationsaredefinedasthosewhichrequirehighcapacityandenergyefficientstoragesolutions.Weexpectsuchapplications,whichinclude
storageforcloudcomputing,contentdeliveryandbackupservices,willcontinuetogrowanddrivedemandforsolutionsdesignedwiththeseattributes.Withthe
increasedrequirementsforstoragedrivenbythecreationandconsumptionofmedia-richdigitalcontent,weexpecttheincreasedexabytedemandwillrequire
furtherbuild-outofdatacentersbycloudserviceprovidersandotherenterpriseswhichutilizehighcapacitynearlinedevices.
EnterpriseSASSSDsaredesignedtodeliversuperiorperformance,reliabilityandenterprisefeaturestomeetthedemandsofI/O-intensiveapplications,with
potentialforsubstantialpowersavings.PCIeacceleratorcardsaredesignedtooptimizeenterpriseapplicationswithapersistent,high-performance,high-capacity
memorydesign.Acceleratedflashalsotargetsflashandsoftwaretoaccelerateanyservervirtualizeddeploymentandmovesanybigdatatotherealmofrealtime.
Fromindustrysolutionsperspective,PCIecardsarechangingthestoragearchitectureinmanyindustriesincludingthefinancialsector,government,
telecommunicationsandmediaandentertainment.
ClientCompute.Wedefineclientcomputeapplicationsassolutionsdesignedfordesktopandmobilecomputeapplicationsrangingfromtraditionallaptops,
tablets,convertiblesystems,andgamingconsoles.Webelievethatthedemandresultingfromgrowingeconomiesofcertaincountriesandthecontinued
proliferationofdigitalcontentwillcontinuetomaintaindemandfortheclientcomputemarket.Asthestorageofdigitalcontentinthecloudbecomesmore
prominentandaccessible,someclientcomputeapplicationsrelylessonbuilt-instorage,whichissupplementedbycloudcomputingsolutionsandBrandedexternal
harddrives.
ClientNon-Compute.Wedefineclientnon-computeapplicationsassolutionsdesignedforconsumerelectronicdevicesanddiskdrivesusedforexternal
storageandnetwork-attachedstorage("NAS").DiskdrivesdesignedforconsumerelectronicdevicesareprimarilyusedinapplicationssuchasDVRsand
surveillancesystemsthatrequireahighercapacity,lowcost-per-gigabytestoragesolution.DiskdrivesforexternalstorageandNASdevicesaredesignedfor
purposessuchaspersonaldatabackupandportableexternalstorage,andtoaugmentstoragecapacityintheconsumer'scurrentdesktop,notebook,tabletorDVR
devices.Webelievetheproliferationandpersonalcreationofmedia-richdigitalcontentwillcontinuetocreateincreasingconsumerdemandforhighercapacity
storagesolutions.
CloudSystemsandSolutions.Wedefinecloudsystemsandsolutionsasapplicationsthatprovidecloudbasedsolutionstobusinessesforthepurposeofhigh
performancecomputing,scale-outstoragesolutions,modularsystems,remoteon-linedigitalstoragearchivalofferings,andbackup&recoveryproductsand
services.SystemscancontainHDDsandSSDsandcanofferfilemanagementsystems,software,andevencomputepower.
Participantsintheelectronicdatastorageindustryinclude:
Majorsubcomponentmanufacturers.Companiesthatmanufacturecomponentsorsubcomponentsusedinelectronicdatastoragedevicesorsolutions
includecompaniesthatsupplyspindlemotors,headsandmedia,applicationspecificintegratedcircuits("ASICs")andglasssubstrates.
Hardwarestoragesolutionsmanufacturers.Companiesthattransformcomponentsintostorageproductsincludediskdrivemanufacturersand
semiconductorstoragemanufacturerswhichincludeintegratingflashmemoryintostorageproductssuchasSSDs.
Systemintegrators.Companies,suchasoriginalequipmentmanufacturers("OEM"),thatbundleandpackagestoragesolutionsintoclientcompute,client
non-computeorenterpriseapplicationsaswellasenterprisestoragesolutions.Distributorsthatintegratestoragehardwareandsoftwareintoend-userapplications
arealsoincludedinthiscategory.
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