SSD Adoption Trends
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6 OEMs were lining up, but cautious about dropping-in
7 Big OEM hybrid brands were surrounded
by start-up all-flash system brands 8 What do you perceive as the MOST GAME-CHANGING ENTERPRISE IT TECHNOLOGY of 2012?
SSD
CloudStack
Software Defined Networking
Hadoop
Xeon E5 Server Processors
Other
9 Who do you perceive as the HOTTEST ENTERPRISE IT COMPANY in 2012?
Amazon
Fusion-io
ARM
Other
Arista Networks
Mellanox
Cloudera
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12 2013 SSD Brand Leader Survey Respondents
Acadient Delmont Laboratories Lockheed Martin S.F. Public Utilities Commission ACCi Deloitte Services LP Marriott International Sonic Healthcare USA Accident Fund Insurance Co. Deutsche Telekom NA Mimeo Sony Online Entertainment Acendex Disney Interactive Monsanto Sony Pictures Alba Health DT Productions NASA South Dakota Board of Regents Argonne National Labs Duke University Nat. Ctr for Atmospheric Research St. Luke's Hospital ARI Fleet Management Duquesne University (NCAR/UCAR) Stanford University Artesian Water Co (DE State El Paso County Sheriff National Institute of Health (NIH) Symcor Inc water utility) e-Miles National Institute of Standards and Temco Service Industries AT&T Fairfield Residential Company LLC Technology Transamerica AWC GE Global Research NAVMISSA - URS Federal Services Unisys AXA Rosenberg Global Services General Motors NBC Universal United Health Services Credit Union LLC Hire-Ability New York Life Insurance Company University of Florida Health Baylor College of Medicine Hormel Foods Corporation New York Stock Exchange University of Minnesota Medical School Berkshire Capital Securities Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Northrop Grumman University of Virginia Boeing IDS Raytheon Ogilvy and Mather University of Washington Case Western Reserve University Imagitas Owens Corning UQM Technologies Chevron Phillips Chemical Independence Blue Cross (IBX) PA Office of Administration Urban Retail Properties City of Mount Prospect, IL Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Pacific Northwest National Laboratory USAN City of Sun Prairie, WI Physics (PNNL) Utah State Office of Education CitySquare, Dallas InterNexus Paramount Consulting LLC Verizon Wireless Collette Vacations J. B. Hunt Transportation Pitney Bowes Virginia Tech CT Economic Resource Ctr Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Purdue University WC Bradley (CERC) Kawasaki Raytheon Yale University Daimler AG KLA-Tencor Reader's Digest Zions Bancorporation Dallas Nursing Institute LA Dept. of Transportation Rutgers Univ. Brain Imaging Center 14 15 16 17 18 19 2012 SSD Brand Leaders
Pure Storage, Violin All Flash SAN SSDs TMS TMS & NextIO TMS TMS TMS Memory & TMS
All Flash NAS SSDs Nimbus Nimbus Nimbus Nimbus Nimbus Nimbus
All DRAM SAN SSDs TMS TMS TMS TMS TMS TMS
All Flash Unified SSDs Nimbus Nimbus Nimbus Nimbus Nimbus Nimbus
PCIe Adapter SSDs Fusion-io Intel Fusion-io Intel Intel Fusion-io
SAS/SATA SSDs Intel Intel Intel Intel Intel Intel
Cache SSDs EMC EMC EMC EMC EMC Fusion-io
NAS Cache Appliances Cache IQ Cache IQ Violin Memory Cache IQ Cache IQ Violin Memory
SSD Controller Chips LSI LSI Intel Intel Intel LSI
Hybrid HDD/SSD Systems EMC EMC EMC EMC IBM IBM
20 Innovation by acquisition
TMS
Cache IQ Pliant
XtremIO STEC
21 Brand leadership by acquisition
22 2013 SSD Brand Leaders
All Flash SAN SSD Systems EMC/ XtremIO NetApp EMC/ XtremIO EMC/ XtremIO EMC/ XtremIO EMC/ XtremIO
All Flash NAS SSD Systems Nimbus Data Nimbus Data Nimbus Data Nimbus Data Nimbus Data Nimbus Data
All DRAM SAN SSD Systems IBM / TMS IBM / TMS IBM / TMS IBM / TMS IBM / TMS IBM / TMS
All Flash Unified SSD System Nimbus Data Nimbus Data Nimbus Data Nimbus Data Nimbus Data Nimbus Data
Fusion-io, Intel, Fusion-io Fusion-io Fusion-io Intel Fusion-io PCIe SSD DAS Adapters SanDisk
PCIe SSD SAN Adapters QLogic QLogic QLogic QLogic EMC QLogic
Intel & Seagate Seagate Western Digital Samsung Intel Samsung SAS/SATA SSD Modules (tie)
NetApp, SanDisk, Fusion-io/ IO Fusion-io/ IO Fusion-io/ IO NetApp EMC, NetApp SSD DAS/SAN Cache FlashSoft Turbine Turbine Turbine
SSD NAS Cache Appliance NetApp / Cache IQ NetApp / Cache IQ NetApp / Cache IQ NetApp / Cache IQ NetApp / Cache IQ NetApp / Cache IQ
SSD Controller Chips LSI/SandForce LSI/SandForce LSI/SandForce LSI/SandForce LSI /SandForce LSI/SandForce
23 All Flash SAN SSD Systems
Who do you perceive as the market leader in All Flash SAN SSDs? All Flash NAS SSD Systems
Who do you perceive as the market leader in All Flash NAS SSDs?
Avere Nimbus Data Skyera Violin Memory Whiptail Other All DRAM SAN SSD Systems
Who do you perceive as the market leader in All DRAM SAN SSDs?
IBM / TMS Kaminario Kove Other All Flash Unified SSD System
Who do you perceive as the market leader in Unified Flash SSD?
Nimbus Data Skyera Whiptail Other PCIe SSD DAS Adapters
Who do you perceive as the market leader in PCIe SSD DAS Adapters?
EMC XtremSF Fusion-io Intel LSI Micron OCZ RunCore SanDisk STEC Texas Virident Other Technology Memory Systems PCIe SSD SAN Adapters
Who do you perceive as the market leader in PCIe SSD SAN Adapters?
EMC PernixData QLogic Virident Other SAS/SATA SSD Modules
Who do you perceive as the market leader in SAS/SATA SSD Modules?
Intel Micron OCZ Samsung SanDisk Seagate SMART STEC Toshiba Western Other Technology Modular Digital SSD DAS/SAN Cache
Who do you perceive as the market leader in SSD DAS/SAN Cache?
Dataram EMC Fusion-io GridIron LSI Micron NetApp Nevex OCZ Proximal SanDisk STEC VeloBit Other (IO (Virtensys) (SANRAD) Data (FlashSoft) Turbine) SSD NAS Cache Appliance
Who do you perceive as the market leader in SSD NAS Cache Appliance?
Alacritech NetApp/Cache IQ Violin Memory Other SSD Controller Chips
Who do you perceive as the market leader in SSD Controller Chips?
Hynix Intel Jmicron LSI Marvell OCZ Samsung SanDisk Toshiba Other (LAMD) (SandForce) (Indilinx) (Pliant) Hybrid HDD/SSD Systems
Who do you perceive as the market leader in Hybrid HDD/SSD Systems?
Dell Dot Hill EMC Fusion-io HDS HP IBM NetApp Nexsan Nimble Tintri Other / NextGen Storage IT Brand Pulse
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35 SOMETIMES YOU CAN’T
If there is not enough supply 36 The capacity optimized HDD dance “If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.”
George Bernard Shaw
37 My organization plans to completely replace HDDs and deploy SSD as primary storage:
Never. It will always be more expensive than HDD and be used only for applications which can justify the added cost
When SSDs are the same $/GB of HDDs
When SSDs are within 50% of the $/GB of HDDs
When SSDs are within 40% of the $/GB of HDDs
When SSDs are within 30% of the $/GB of HDDs
When SSDs are within 20% of the $/GB of HDDs
When SSDs are within 10% of the $/GB of HDDs
Other 2013 2012 If QUALITY is defined as the ability to meet or exceed its intended purpose, which of these features are metrics for ENTERPRISE HDD QUALITY (select all that apply):
Reliability meets or exceeds specifications
Performance meets or exceeds specifications
Support is helpful and easily accessible
Physical product is well made
Management software has many useful utilities
Driver software is easy to install
Help Information is useful and easily accessible
Style of product is attractive
Other 2013
39 Rank the importance of these features when you select an Enterprise HDD:
Price per gigabyte
MTBF reliability rating
RPM
Capacity per form factor
Size (3.5", 2.5", etc.)
Brand (HGST, Seagate, WD, Toshiba)
Length of Warranty
Power consumption Selections for 1 - Most Important
Amount of cache Disk Array Server
Vibration tolerance
40 HDDs inside my organization's DISK ARRAYS were selected by:
Our IT department
The disk array vendor/reseller
Other
Procurement/Purchasing Department 2013
41 My organization mixes different types of disk drives in our disk arrays in order to achieve the best cost for the reliability, capacity and performance we require:
Yes
No 2013
42 We use the following strategies for maintaining spare Enterprise HDDs (select all that apply):
We keep spare HDD on hand for SERVERS
We keep spare HDDs on hand for DISK ARRAYS
We don't keep spare SERVER HDDs on hand and rely on a service organization to supply them
We don't keep spare DISK ARRAY HDDs on hand and rely on a service organization to supply them
2013 Other
43 What I do to increase the performance of my disk arrays is (select all that apply):
Use higher RPM HDDs
Add SSD cache to the disk system
Configure larger RAID sets
Add SSD cache to the server
Configure larger LUNs
Use "short stroked" HDDs
Other 2013
44 Driving SSD Adoption Trust 45 My organization uses the following SSD strategies (select all that apply):
Use disk-based storage because SSD is too expensive
Use SAN based SSD arrays because the performance is much better than disk-based SAN arrays and it can be shared by all servers Add SSD to disk arrays because we trust our disk array products and vendors, and we are familiar with how to deploy and manage them
Use server based SSD because it is closest to the processor thus offering the absolute best performance
2013 2012 Other (don't know)
46 My organization has deployed the following types of SSD products (select all that apply):
Added to a storage array
Have not deployed SSDs
SAS/SATA inside server
iSCSI interface SAN SSD
Fibre Channel interface SAN SSD
PCI Express SSD card installed inside servers
Ethernet interface NAS SSD shared by servers
2013 2012 Other I have already purchased the following brands of SSD:
Dell Samsung I have not purchased an SSD product Intel HP NetApp EMC Seagate OCZ Western Digital SanDisk/Pliant IBM/ TMS Fusion-io STEC Smart Storage Other HDS Violin Memory Oracle 2013 2012 Nimbus QLogic Pure Storage I will purchase the following brands of SSD in the next 12 months: Dell Samsung Intel Seagate IBM/TMS HP EMC NetApp OCZ I will not purchase an SSD product SanDisk/Pliant Western Digital Fusion-io HDS STEC Other QLogic Virident Smart Storage Oracle 2013 2012 Skyera Nimbus The following type of server most driving the adoption of SSD in my environment is:
Virtualized servers with an aggregation of I/O from multiple VMs/applications
Database servers
File servers
Email servers
Video servers 2013 2012 Other
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% The percent of physical servers in my environment which are virtualized:
24 months from now
12 months from now
Q2 2013 Q1 2013 Today Q4 2012 Q3 2012
51 The average number of VMs per server in my environment:
24 months from now
12 months from now
Today
Q2 2013 Q1 2013 Q4 2012 Q3 2012
52 The percent of clients in my organization using virtual desktops:
24 months from now
12 months from now
Q2 2013 Q1 2013 Today Q4 2012 Q3 2012
53 When I purchase HDD and SSD storage, I factor in compression, de-duplication and thin-provisioning to calculate my price per "usable" gigabyte:
Never, I just compare basic price per gigabyte
Sometimes, if I'm comparing systems with and without
Absolutely, every time
Other 2013
54 Percent of servers in my environment accessing some type of SSD storage:
24 months from now
12 months from now 2X
Today SSD will comprise approximately this percentage of my organization’s combined SSD and HDD disk capacity:
24 months from now
12 months from now 3X Today IT Priorities: Protect data and keep it flowing
57 The most important feature of an SSD for my environment is:
Performance (IOPs)
Cost per gigabyte
The cost per IOP
Endurance in terms of writes
The endurance in terms of number of writes
Interoperability with existing storage systems and software
The brand of SSD Controller (Intel, LSI/SandForce, etc.)
Other
The same brand as my existing storage systems
The type of NAND Flash (MLC or SLC) My organization's strategy for SSDs vs. High RPM Drives:
Replace high RPM drives with SSD for select workloads
Continue to use high RPM drives for I/O intensive workloads
Completely replace high RPM drives with SSD for I/O intensive workloads
Other (please specify) 2013
59 Regarding the performance of SSD systems, I believe (select all that apply):
The performance of SSD systems on the market are vastly different
The performance of SSD systems on the market vary a little, but not a lot
SSD systems performance differs mostly based on drivers and software that manage the flash in the storage system
SSD systems performance differs mostly based on the flash controller used in the system
Most SSD systems perform about the same because they use the same flash memory
Other (please specify) 2013
60 IT doesn’t want to know how to build the watch
61 SSDs with the following type of NAND Flash are best suited for my environment:
Don’t know
Single-Level Cell (SLC) for highest performance and write endurance
Multi-Level Cell (MLC) for lower cost
Other There are different types of Flash Memory (MLC, SLC, TLC, etc.) with new characteristics that define how it works in the data center (wear leveling, write endurance, etc.):
I don't want to know that much about flash memory technology -- but I feel I need to do a deep dive to understand what I'm buying in the future I don't want to know that much about flash memory technology -- and I will rely on my storage vendor to have a deep understanding of the technology.
I want to know about flash memory technology and intend to do a deep dive into the technology.
I have already done a deep dive into flash memory technology and am very familiar with it.
Other (please specify) 2013
63 There are different types of Flash Storage systems (All Flash Arrays, Hybrid Arrays, PCIe cards, etc.) with new characteristics that define how they work in the data center (software defined vs. plug-and-play SSD, captive PCIe vs. shared PCIe SSD, permanent storage vs. cache, etc.). I:
Want to know about flash storage systems and intend to do a deep dive into their architectures.
Don't want to know that much about flash storage systems -- and I will rely on my storage vendor to have a deep understanding of the right system for the application.
Don't want to know that much about flash storage systems -- but I feel I need to do a deep dive to understand what I'm buying in the future.
Have already done a deep dive into flash storage systems and am very familiar with them.
Other (please specify) 2013
64 The most strategic (irreplaceable) component of a complete SSD storage solution is the:
System availability applications such as snap-shot, replication and path management (failover). Storage management applications such as auto- tiering, de-duplication and thin provisioning.
SSD hardware system
The SSD controller within the hardware system.
SSD driver and device management software
2013 Other (please specify)
65 Potential blind spots in the future
66 I see Software Defined Storage as a technology that:
Will emerge as a class of storage virtualization software separate from the storage hardware--and more important than the commodity storage hardware.
Is an inseparable feature of an enterprise storage "solution"
Other (please specify) 2013
67 The following company is most likely to gain significant market share as a result of the transition to software defined networking (SDN):
Cisco
VMware
None - All products will be integrated with SDN, so no…
Juniper
Brocade
Arista
Other
Dell/Force10
Big Switch
Extreme Q2 2013 Huawei
68 Technology is emerging which allows cache across PCIe SSD cards in different servers to be pooled in a SAN, and provisioned as needed in LUNs. Pooling PCIe SSD cache across servers. I consider this technology:
Somewhat useful
Very Useful
Not very useful
Useless
Amazing 2013
69 Some SSD products are "programmable" so they fit into a software defined storage environment. Other SSD products have most functions embedded in the controller hardware. What is best for my organization in the future is:
Controller hardware based SSD for a more plug- and-play storage.
Programmable SSD for flexible software defined storage -- but we want vendors to do the programming in their apps
Programmable SSD for flexible software defined storage -- and we will do the programming
2013 Other (please specify)
70 In-memory processing is where data is loaded into DRAM (or flash memory) instead of hard disks so IT spends less time on data modeling, query analysis, cube building and table design. My organization:
Has heard about it but has not investigated the technology
Is planning on deploying in- memory technology
Has no interest in the technology
Has already deployed in-memory technology
Other (please specify) 2013
71 Storage system network interfaces are making speed jumps in the next year to 16Gb Fibre Channel and 40Gb Ethernet (NAS, iSCSI and FCoE). I would describe my organization's strategy for next generation storage to be:
Don't need the performance of 16Gb Fibre Channel or 40Gb Ethernet storage systems
Migrate to 40Gb Ethernet based storage because of the performance advantage
Default is migrate to 16Gb Fibre Channel until we evaluate 40Gb Ethernet based storage to validate performance and interoperbaility
Migrate to 16Gb Fibre Channel
Other (please specify) 2013
72 Enterprise Market Tectonics Left the premises and quickly replacing the PC as enterprise client.
Content/ Enterprise Apps Data Centers Mobile Laying fiber in Cloud Clients Kansas City Data Centers and Austin. Using inexpensive HS, Hyper-Scale SW & service Building private model. clouds. Expensive HW, SW, and service model. Carriers Talking to Enterprise CEOs and CFOs about replacing their “legacy on-premises Cloud computing services a high priority infrastructure”. Using inexpensive HW, SW & service model. IT sees they’re paying a higher toll
Enterprise Private Clouds Hyper-Scale Public Clouds Software Servers Networks Storage O.S. Cloud Hardware $5 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $5 Mature Global Industries
16.17% 15.34%
21.65% Enterprise IT Industry
80.27% 63.28%
60.95% 62.29% Business goes on Inflection Point the new heights
ICT Cloud Big Data Globalization
10x change in an element of the business. What worked before doesn’t work now. The executives are the last to know.
Business Source: Only the Paranoid Survive, by Andy Grove declines Wanted: A New Class of Enterprise Infrastructure
Traditional Private Cloud Public Cloud Enterprise IT IT Open-Source
Enterprise Ready Cost Competitive Forward Looking
79 The bottom line
Want Need
80 Media player customers recognize the added value of solid-state and pay a premium up to 10x (1,000%)
CD Player (~$40)
Solid State Media Player (~$400)
81 I estimate approximately this percentage of Enterprise HDDs in my organization's SAN arrays and servers will FAIL every year:
Other 10% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 2013 0%
82 Describe the "perfect" HDD for your Enterprise server and storage systems:
• One that doesn't fail in say 8 - 10 years • All 100% SSD when the prices are reasonable. • 10K 900GB SAS 2,5" • Lasts forever and then some while giving me constant and create less heat for the server room. • Fast, large and reliable. • Large SSD, Low Price performance. • 24 hour up time, low heat, highest • High performance SSD for those applications that would • Reliable and self-healing. • big fast and cheap :) throughput benefit the most. HDD for those applications that are not • Largest capacity, fastest, highest cache, lowest price, • Reliable • high rpm, medium capacity (so i can get disk heavy and can do very well with slower low cost reliable. • High performance, Low cost, No failure more read-write heads), low cost drives. • Cheap and lasts forever. • two builds,: 1 based on capacity & 1 on performance • Both high capacity (>1.9TB) and low • Highly dependable • One that is donated, and support is provided as well, • cheap and fast capacity SSDs. • a HDD which has minimum failures and longer warranty and works well for us. • Fast and reliable • cheap, fast, good, but I am probably limited • <1% failure rate, 5yr+ warranty, low power consumption, • WD has a high reliability for us and is a solid brand that • Fast, reliable, cheap to only two of these. 2.5", 1TB, 15K, quiet, priced like SATA - good luck our vendor carries. • Low cost/GB and high reliability • zero latency, low power, high mtbf, low • It should be scalable and sustainable • Fast, reliable and inexpensive • Fast data throughput and high MTBF. cost, high capacity. • Reliable with good warranty. • One that you put into the device and never have to • reliable and cheap • Reliable , ease to manage and price • High performance, high MTBF. worry about. • High reliability and capacity at a quality price. sensitive • Good performance, high capacity, never crashes • Faster • Very reliable, fast RPM, high capacity, low latency • Included in a server or a SAN • Fast, reliable, and cheap. • SSD drive form factor 2.5 inch. low power • fast, reliable and cheap • Free, fast, and big • None • High capacity, highest MB/s, highest IOPS, largest • Reliable / MTBF high, Excellent support / maintenance, • All SSD's! • Fast, Cheap, Reliable. MTBF, lowest price cost, security / encryption features, ease of use • High MTBF • High performance and low price • cheap, doesn't break and is fast • Low cost, SSD high capacity • Low cost/GB • speed & reliability of an SSD with cost per gb of an • 4TB, fast, cool, low power. • MTTF of 10 years. • Small form factor HDD • Reasonable performance and price with a long MTBF. • 7200 RPM or greater. • Low power consumption" • No comment • High tolerance • 2.5"" form factor. • Highest reliability in a high temp • never fail • Replace all HDD with SSD • 3+ TB." environment with a cost effective • Fast, cheap and reliable. • high performance and low price • Huge capacity, fast speed, large cache, never breaks, deployment • Don't know • Long lasting, inexpensive, fast, stable. uses very little power, quiet operation. • fast, huge, power thrifty and reliable • ultra fast, high capacity, extremely high throughput • Fast, cool, reliable • An HDD that delivers the performance and reliability our • Not sure • The perfect HDD would be fast, reliable, and self- • Reliable, adequate performance (seek time and transfer organization requires. • High MTBF, low price, state of art capacity monitoring to allow for proactive maintenance. rate) low ownership cost. • Hybrid drives. • Fast, reliable, inexpensive • "Infinite space. infinite reliability. • Hybrid-type: large capacity pretty good performance. • Fast and never fails • never fails • My concerns are really SMART predictive drive failure, • never fails • Big & fast • Reasonable price and fast that can be used low power, medium high performance, medium high • Any good system is good • extremely fast with a high mtbf and the cost of a spinning for tiering data on storage arrays reliability. My systems are redundant, so a blown drive • high capacity, low cost per gig, fast drive • Very reliable is not a big hiccup, as long as I don't lose to many at • Fast and reliable. • A low cost, high capacity SSD • Inexpensive once. Predicative failure via SMART has really changed • Not sure • Adaptable hybrid • high capacity, large cache, low power, great how I feel about drives and drive maintenance." • high performance • None. reliability, medium speed • Low cost, high capacity, low MTF • Fast, large, reliable, inexpensive application to allow for • fast and reliable! • High rpm, high mttf and low cost • high rpm, lots of cache my department to acquire the five (9's). • 15k RPM, 2.5" form factor, 900G, 16G cache • Fast, reliable, inexpensive per GB • Meets the criteria listed above. • reliable and cheap • NA • full SSD san and nas • Low cost, high cap, SSD • Fast I/O, cheap price per GB, reliability • Cheap and never fails, no latency, 25K RPM • Fast, reliable, cheap • Integrates with our current storage architecture. • High bandwidth, IOPS and MTBF • Fast, Reliable and Inexpensive • one that is fast and never fails 83 By eliminating HDD crashes, I expect the operating costs of SSD based storage arrays to be:
1-10% less than an HDD based storage array 11-20% less than an HDD based storage array The same as an HDD based storage array 21-30% less than an HDD based storage array More than 30% less than an HDD based storage array
Other My experience with SSD so far (all that apply):
So far my SSD systems have been as reliable or more reliable than my HDD-based storage. My SSD performs just like they said it would.
I have no experience with SSD I estimate the total cost of ownership of my SSD is more than my HDD-based storage. So far my SSD systems have been less reliable or more reliable than my HDD-based storage. I estimate the total cost of ownership of my SSD is actually less than my HDD-based storage. Managing an SSD is just as much hassle, if not more, than managing HDD-based storage I've had in the past. My SSD has not performed as well as they said it would. Managing an SSD is less hassle than managing HDD-based storage I've had in the past. 2013 Other (please specify)
85 What I value most from SSDs is:
Deployment is simplified when I meet my I/O performance needs with one SSD versus many HDDs
Service is simplified because SSDs don’t crash like HDDs do
Management is simplified because I don’t need to load balance HDDs
Other 2013 2012 A substantially longer warranty period for SSD storage systems is a strong indicator that SSD technology is more reliable than HDD storage systems. I believe this is:
Not true
Somewhat true
Absolutely true
Other
2013
87 The Magic Number
88 This report includes charts without numbers. The report with numbers is available for $1,500. Contact [email protected] to order. About the Authors
Frank Berry CEO and Senior Analyst Frank Berry is a senior analyst with IT Brand Pulse. Prior to founding IT Brand Pulse, Frank was vice president of product marketing for QLogic, vice president of corporate marketing for QLogic, and vice president of worldwide marketing for Quantum. [email protected]
Cheryl Parker Director and Senior Analyst - End User, Channel, and OEM Research Cheryl Parker oversees the End User Research practice for IT Brand Pulse. Cheryl and her team conduct IT Brand Leader Surveys, Technical Product, Customer Satisfaction Surveys, Focus Groups and custom research, as well as compile Product Databases. Cheryl has more than 20 years in sales/marketing/research, and is a former reporter/sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times. [email protected]
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