Magic Quadrant Sapped of Its Powers – Storage Market Has a Complex Future
We’re caught in a transition where the datacenter is concerned. The enterprise is reworking datacenter infrastructure from the inside-out, shaking up traditional concepts around software and automation. The same transition must take place for the analysts responsible for contextualizing the IT industry. Given the rapid changes in the storage market in particular, Gartner may have fallen victim to traditional stagnancy — its well-read Magic Quadrant report on 2012’s storage industry doesn’t take into account the high level of convergence that characterizes today’s datacenter.
SiliconANGLE founder John Furrier calls Gartner’s report “boring and irrelevant” in his review, citing another industry analyst Dave Vellante, Wikibon chief analyst and co-founder.
The complexities of the datacenter don’t stop at storage. Politics only add more volatility, as we saw with the US Congressional decision to bar government agencies from purchasing datacenter hardware from Chinese manufacturers. It’s considered a retaliatory move amidst increasing alleged cyber-attacks between the US and China, the US taking cues from several other international players including Canada. Mike Wheatley outlines the market impact of this politically charged decision for Chinese hardware markers like Huawei, ZTE and also Lenovo.
New infrastructure for T-Mobile brings the telecomm up to par with LTE capabilities, rolling out in a handful of cities in the coming weeks. That’s great news for iPhone fans, who can finally get their favorite smartphone on T-Mobile’s network. Consumers have a growing number of options when it comes to data plans and iPhone purchase mechanisms. See the true cost of T-Mobile’s new iPhone plan, which comes contract-free.
Other notable stories you’ll want to check out from this week include Kristen Nicole’s hands-on review of the refreshed Springpad 4.0, and Kyt Dotson’s timely vision of Google Glass’ dark side.
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