I struggle with DCIG credibility
They make their assessments based on a long questionnaire, data provided by the vendor and information on the web.
As far as I am aware, they don't test this functionalility or performance to see whether the claims are true. They don't speak to the customers to see if they like what they've purchased and would recommend it.
I'm not saying that this list is wrong and that HP should be in the mix, or anyone else for that matter. But ever since they rated Tegile top of the hybrid list, where Starboard were in the top 10 (at time of publishing they went bust) and Nimble, who many consider the market leader were down in 29-30th place and ranked basic, I kinda questioned the validity of their results.
They then published Nimbus as the winner of the all flash array buyers guide and I knew the rankings were a crock of ****.