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The best enterprise storage products of 2018
This article is part of the Storage issue of February 2019, Vol. 17, No. 9
It's time for Storage magazine and SearchStorage's annual recognition of the best enterprise storage products of the past year. Welcome to Products of the Year 2018! For the 17th straight year, an invitation went out requesting storage vendors enter their products to vie for the 2018 awards. These aren't just any products, mind you. As in past years, the 2018 Products of the Year competition only accepted hardware, software and services submissions for data storage products released or significantly upgraded during the past year. This requirement levels the playing field for new products and companies competing to be named the best enterprise storage products of 2018. It also gives our readers a more comprehensive view of the storage market by focusing on products they may not have known about. Our judging panel includes analysts and consultants as well as Storage magazine and SearchStorage editors. They weighed technological innovation, ease of integration, performance, ease of manageability, value, functionality and ...
Features in this issue
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The best enterprise storage products of 2018
Get to know the 15 top enterprise storage products selected from a field of more than 100 in the 'Storage' magazine and SearchStorage annual Products of the Year competition.
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A secondary storage management answer to mass fragmentation
A study finds mass secondary data fragmentation across storage silos is negatively affecting IT staff morale and the ability of enterprises to comply with regulations.
News in this issue
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Top 5 enterprise storage trends of 2018
Dave Raffo won't pretend to know what 2019 will bring to the world of enterprise data storage, but he does know what he learned while following the data storage industry in 2018.
Columns in this issue
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Cloud repatriation and the trend away from all things cloud
Companies are starting to backtrack when it comes to their enthusiasm for public clouds. More and more are bringing workloads and storage resources back in-house.
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Data protection systems must address GDPR, ransomware concerns
Backup products don't have a granular enough understanding of data to scan or analyze it effectively and fully meet today's privacy and security requirements.