.Storage
The recent explosion in the amount of data in the workplace
has led to constant innovation in data storage solutions. First
Distribution’s premier brands are leaders in providing the
necessary hardware required to deal with all data including
archiving, data backup & recovery, warehousing,
replication, virtualisation, content management systems and
specialised storage designed to deal with ‘big data’.
IBM’s Disk Storage Systems provide
storage efficiency solutions such as
virtualisation, automated tiering and
thin provisioning. Storage efficiency is more vital than ever.
Your disk utilisation rate may be as low as 20% — while the
amount of data you are required to store is exploding.
IBM Storage can help.
Oracle offers a complete portfolio of
best-of-breed storage products and
business-ready storage solutions that optimise performance,
maximise data protection and reduce the total cost of
ownership. Includes NAS Storage, SAN Storage, Tape
Storage, Flash Storage, Storage Software and
Storage Networking.
EMC: From disk libraries to content
management systems to storage area
networks, EMC’s products are the
ones business and IT professionals
use to efficiently store, protect and
manage their information. EMC’s storage products include
business continuity, data replication, server flash cache and
storage systems.
Vblock™ Systems from VCE
seamlessly integrate best-in-class
compute, network, and storage technologies from industry
leaders Cisco, EMC, and VMware, and provide dynamic
pools of resources that can be intelligently provisioned
and managed to address changing demands and fleeting
business opportunities.
Huawei Storage: Covering disk
storage, network attached storage,
application storage, cloud storage
and storage area networks, Huawei’s
range of storage is designed for high performance and
adaptability.
IBM Storage Media: IBM’s portfolio
includes tape media for IBM specific
libraries as well as the full range
of LTO offerings. IBM Tape Media
offers quality, performance and reliability.
Riverbed products are designed
to solve network bandwidth and
performance problems in the following
areas of technology: application acceleration, bandwidth
optimisation, data centre, branch office & server consolidation,
data protection and disaster recovery, visibility and network
performance management, and cloud server and
storage acceleration.
Tintri builds smart storage that sees,
learns and adapts, enabling IT
organisations to focus on virtualised
applications and business services instead of managing
storage infrastructure.
Hitach Data Systems (HDS)
is a wholly owned subsidiary
of the Hitachi Group and provides modular mid-range to highend storage systems, software and services, in order to help
companies manage disparate data, turning them into businesscritical information. HDS’ products and solutions extend into
the areas of cloud, big data analytics, converged infrastructure,
storage, servers, data protection, and application and
industry solutions.
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