The Positioning Statements of 75+ Flash-related Storage Firms

This is a list of positioning statements used by firms who make storage products using Flash memory. For the most part these statements come from the first line of press releases. The list was compiled for a session I was chairing at the 2013 Flash Memory Summit. However, it’s updated periodically when new vendors appear or old ones disappear.

Positioning Statements

1. Aberdeen — a leading manufacturer of servers and storage
2. AC&NC — custom designed and pre-configured JetStor plug-and-play storage solutions that meet and exceed each customer’s application(s) requirements
3. Amax — a leading innovator of Dynamic Enterprise IT & High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions
4. Assurance — leading The Way In High Performance Enterprise, Cloud and HPC Storage Solutions
5. Astute Networks — the leading provider of performance storage appliances
6. Atlantis Computing — the leading provider of Software-Defined Storage
7. Avere Systems — the leader in network-attached storage (NAS) optimization
8. Balesio — the leading provider of Native Format Optimisation (NFO) solutions for unstructured data
9. BiTMICRO — a leading developer and manufacturer of flash-based SSD (solid state drive) technology, products and solutions.
10. BridgeSTOR — the company Advancing Deduplication to the Cloud
11. CacheIO — the high performance storage leader for intense media applications
12. Calxeda — a leader in the low power server market
13. Coho Data– a leading innovator in web-scale flash storage for the enterprise
14. Cisco — the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected
15. Condusiv — the leader in high-performance software optimizing technology, people and businesses
16. Coraid — a leading provider of scale-out Ethernet storage solutions
17. DataCore — the premier provider of storage virtualization software
18. DataDirect Networks — the world leader in massively scalable storage
19. Dell — listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services that give them the power to do more
20. Delphix — the leader in agile data management
21. Dot Hill — a leading provider of SAN storage solutions
22. Echostreams — a leading provider of server, storage, and system packaging technologies for today’s fast growing vertical markets such as Cloud, Datacenter, Video/broadcasting and Telecommunications
23. EMC — a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service
24. Enmotus — provides users with their critical data when they need it
25. ExaGrid — the leader in cost-effective and scalable disk-based backup solutions with data deduplication
26. Fastor — engaged in bringing future-proof solutions to the rapidly growing Cloud and Enterprise SSD markets
27. Fixstars — Speed up your Business
28. Foremay — ULTRA FAST, HIGH RELIABILITY, ULTRA LOW POWER, SECURED SSD
29. Fusion-io — delivers the world’s data faster.
30. GreenBytes — a developer of full-featured virtual desktop optimization solutions that uniquely support existing infrastructure
31. Gridgain — a real time Big Data software company
32. Gridstore — the leading provider of optimized storage for the modern data center
33. HGST — develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, innovative external storage solutions and services used to store, preserve and manage the world’s most valued data
34. HP — creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people,businesses, governments and society
35. Huawei Symantec — a leading provider of storage, networking and security solutions
36. IceWEB — an award-winning Unified Data Storage appliance provider for cloud and virtual environments, as well as the highly secure, scalable IceBOX BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Private Digital Cloud Solution
37. Infinio — inventor of downloadable storage performance
38. iXsystems — builds rock solid enterprise-class servers and storage solutions
39. JDV — a cutting-edge developer of innovative enterprise-class SSD server appliances
40. Kaminario — the leading scale-out all-flash array provider
41. Kove — a pioneering leader in high performance storage
42. LSI — designs semiconductors and software that accelerate storage and networking in datacenters, mobile networks and client computing
43. Marvell — a global leader in providing complete silicon solutions enabling the digital connected lifestyle
44. Micron — one of the world’s leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions
45. Nasuni — a provider of enterprise storage to large, distributed organizations
46. NephoScale — creator of the NephOS next generation cloud infrastructure services platform
47. NetApp — creates innovative storage and data management solutions that deliver outstanding cost efficiency and accelerate business breakthroughs
48. Nexsan (Imation) — a global tiered storage and data security company
49. Nimble Storage — the leading provider of flash-optimized hybrid storage solutions
50. Nimbus Data Systems — the leading provider of unified all-flash storage systems for enterprise and cloud infrastructure
51. Nutanix — the leading provider of hyper-efficient, massively scalable and elegantly simple datacenter infrastructure solutions
52. OCZ — a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems
53. Panzura — a leading provider of global cloud storage solutions
54. Permabit — the recognized leader in data efficiency technology
55. Pivot3 — a leading provider of converged storage and compute appliances
56. Proximal Data — the leading provider of hypervisor I/O intelligence software solutions
57. Pure Storage — the all-flash enterprise storage company
58. Qsan — making data smart
59. RAID Inc. — an end-to-end customized solutions provider in HPC, Big Data, and Virtualized Environments
60. SanDisk — a global leader in flash memory storage solutions
61. SGI — the trusted leader in technical computing and Big Data
62. SimpliVity — a provider of simplified IT infrastructure solutions for virtualized environments
63. Skyera — a disruptive provider of enterprise solid-state storage systems designed to enable a large class of applications with extraordinarily high performance, exceptionally lower power consumption and cost effectiveness relative to existing enterprise storage systems
64. SolidFire — the leader in all-SSD storage systems designed for large scale cloud infrastructure
65. Starboard Storage — a provider of unified hybrid storage systems that simplify and consolidate NAS and SAN storage for midsize enterprises
66. sTec — a leading global provider of solid-state storage solutions
67. StorageQuest — a global leader in data and archive management software and hardware
68. StorTrends — Performance Storage with Proven Value
69. SuperLumin Networks — a leading provider of scalable, high-performance media proxy and application acceleration solutions
70. Supermicro — global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server, storage technology and green computing
71. Symform — a revolutionary, distributed cloud backup service
72. Tegile — a leading provider of hybrid storage arrays for virtualized server and virtual desktop environments
73. Tintri — the leading producer of storage for virtualization and cloud environments
74. Violin Memory — provider of memory-based storage systems
75. Virident Systems — a performance leader in flash-based storage-class memory (SCM) solutions
76. Virtium — a leading innovator of storage and memory solutions designed specifically to meet the dynamic requirements of embedded systems
77. WhipTail — the data storage-industry innovator powering faster applications and more energy efficient computing for today’s global businesses via flash storage
78. X-IO — a recognized innovator in the storage industry

About the Author

David X. Lamont is an accomplished marketer and a partner at Marketingsage, a PR and lead generation firm that specializes in marketing data storage, data management, and enterprise software products. He can be reached by email at blog [at] marketingsage.net. Fellow marketers and IT professionals are invited to join his network on LinkedIn and to subscribe to this blog (see sidebar).