Does Anyone Really Want To Embed?
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speculates as to build/buy decisions and various vendor alignments with major storage OEMs in implementing dedupe technologies.
"That means the main storage OEM prospects for Ocarina and Permabit are likely to be 3PAR, BlueArc, DataDirect, IBM, Isilon, Fujitsu, LSI Engenio, Oracle, Panasas, Pillar Data and Xyratex. There are also other players such as Data Robotics, Infortrend and Overland Storage. The biggest fish Ocarina and Permabit could land are IBM and Oracle."
"That means the main storage OEM prospects for Ocarina and Permabit are likely to be 3PAR, BlueArc, DataDirect, IBM, Isilon, Fujitsu, LSI Engenio, Oracle, Panasas, Pillar Data and Xyratex. There are also other players such as Data Robotics, Infortrend and Overland Storage. The biggest fish Ocarina and Permabit could land are IBM and Oracle."