March 18, 2009 - EMC announced today it has
qualified higher capacity
400GB flash
SSDs for use in its storage systems.
Barbara Robidoux, EMC VP, Storage Marketing, said, "It is clear that Enterprise Flash drives are revolutionizing the way information is stored and EMC is leading the charge. We are delivering the 2nd generation of this technology as a result of significant investments in research and development, testing and integration, while other vendors struggle to deliver their 1st flash drive offerings at much lower capacities."
Editor's comments:- EMC's implication that they are "leading the charge" to place flash SSDs in enterprise servers apps is absurd. To see which companies did in fact lead the flash SSD charge into servers - take a stroll down memory lane - and look at SSD market history.
And here's another way of looking at EMC's flash SSD market leadership.
EMC has never appeared in the the Top 10 SSD Companies - which has tracked reader search volume on over 1.4 million readers viewing SSD content.
Its highest ranking was #11 - achieved in Q1 2008 - when the company re-entered the SSD market after a 20 year absence. But it wasn't the leading SSD vendor back then either.
Barbara Robidoux, EMC VP, Storage Marketing, said, "It is clear that Enterprise Flash drives are revolutionizing the way information is stored and EMC is leading the charge. We are delivering the 2nd generation of this technology as a result of significant investments in research and development, testing and integration, while other vendors struggle to deliver their 1st flash drive offerings at much lower capacities."
Editor's comments:- EMC's implication that they are "leading the charge" to place flash SSDs in enterprise servers apps is absurd. To see which companies did in fact lead the flash SSD charge into servers - take a stroll down memory lane - and look at SSD market history.
And here's another way of looking at EMC's flash SSD market leadership.
EMC has never appeared in the the Top 10 SSD Companies - which has tracked reader search volume on over 1.4 million readers viewing SSD content.
Its highest ranking was #11 - achieved in Q1 2008 - when the company re-entered the SSD market after a 20 year absence. But it wasn't the leading SSD vendor back then either.