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TableofContents
content,weexpecttheincreasedexabytedemandwillrequirefurtherbuild-outofdatacenters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andconvertiblesystems.Webelievethatthedemandresultingfromthe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
HPC,scale-outstoragesolutionsandmodularsystems.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").
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OEMs,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andCloudServiceProviders("CSP")
thatprovidecloudbasedsolutionstobusinessesforthepurposeofHPC,scale-outstoragesolutionsandmodularsystemsthatarealsoincludedinthiscategory.
Storageservices.Companiesthatprovideandhostservicesandsolutions,whichincludestorage,backup,archiving,recoveryanddiscoveryofelectronic
data.
HyperscaleDataCenters.Increasingly,largehyperscaledatacentercompaniesaredesigningtheirownstoragesubsystemsandhavingthosebuiltby
contractmanufacturersforuseinsidetheirowndatacenters.Thistrendisreshapingthestoragesystemandsubsystemmarketanddrivinginnovationinsystem
designandchangesinthecompetitivelandscapeofthelargestoragesystemvendors.
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