ask EMC
why it took em so long to join the party
why they aren't on a common storage platform (software at least) across their major product lines
When they will post SPC-1 results for XtremIO
Don't worry, I won't be holding my breath.
EMC has readied some XtremIO competitive knock-offs to help the Hopkinton storage giant's reps and channel partners dislodge rival SolidFire from their prospects’ minds. The main knock-off points are: XtremIO utilises an innovative flash specific data protection algorithm providing double failure protection with only 8 per …
Hey look another specialized market speak article I didn't bother reading past the first paragraph that will bring out the usual half dozen sales drones that work for the companies above. I guess sales and marketing are necessary evils but so glad I don't roll with that crowd. Keep thinking guys that some important CIO is reading not only this article but the comments lol.
Chris,
You've published on two "battlecards" that EMC provides to their employees to educate them on how to compete with other vendors.
I'm sure that you would claim you're "only stating the facts", but you're actually completely misrepresenting the reason these exist. They aren't meant to be published, and I highly doubt "the so-called Battle Card was publicly available on a dark corner of EMC's website".
I'd be more critical of EMC if they were not educating their employees on differences between their technology and others.