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IBM's XIV enhancements revealed

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IBM's XIV enhancements revealed

IBM briefed Storage Strategies NOW on its first major enhancement to its XIV storage system since its acquisition of the company in January 2008. The company revealed some interesting statistics about XIV – 80% of XIV sales are to customers who have not bought IBM storage before, 20% of XIV customers have never bought anything from IBM before and 75% of XIV storage is attached to non-IBM server customers. IBM also claims that there are more than 1,000 XIV modules installed at customer sites such as Navisite and VCU Medical Center. Read full story

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