What happened to Violin Memory? The company was once a pioneer in the flash storage market but failed to adapt to the moving marketplace. Teo CEO changes later, and the company has just been sold to StorCentric. How did Violin go from boom to bust in just a few short years? Tech Field Day delegate Chris Evans takes a look at Violin’d story.
Goodbye X-IO, Hello Axellio and Violin 2.0!
Stephen Foskett breaks down a big acquisition in the storage market, the reborn Violin Systems acquiring X-IO. This gets complicated as Violin is buying X-IO’s legacy ISE storage line, while their edge Axellio product is being spun out into a new company. Stephen sees this as a win for both remaining companies.
Violin Systems is acquiring X-IO Storage
Andrea Mauro looks at the recently announced plans for Violin Systems to acquire X-IO. Andrea is well familiar with X-IO having recently seen the company present at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld Europe. Violin Systems is getting X-IO ISE business with its mature service process and organization. Meanwhile, X-IO’s new edge computing platform, Axellio, will be spun out as a separate company.
What Next for Violin Systems?
Chris Evans takes a look at the current state of Violin Systems, a company he got to see at Storage Field Day back in 2016 when it was known as Violin Memory. The company has gone through more than just a name change since that time, having significant financial and management shakeups. Chris overviews what made them an early all-flash storage leader, and where he sees their technology taking the company going forward.
Can Violin Systems Successfully Rise from the Ashes of Violin Memory?
On his Storage Unpacked podcast, Chris Evans spoke to the CEO of Violin Systems, Ebrahim Abbasi. They discuss the future of the company coming out of their legacy with Violin Memory, and discussed focusing on tiering, scale-out and software-defined offerings for new product. Chris breaks down how he sees Violin Systems leveaging each of these in the competitive all-flash market.
Why Primary Deduplication Is A Different Animal From Backup Dedupe
Why Primary Deduplication Is A Different Animal From Backup Dedupe
Violin Memory Have Cool Technology, But Do They Have A Future? I Hope So!
Violin Memory Have Cool Technology, But Do They Have A Future? I Hope So!
Violin Memory – Sounds a lot better than it used to
Violin Memory – Sounds a lot better than it used to
Solid State Storage Symposium | vendor presentations wrap
Solid State Storage Symposium | vendor presentations wrap
