Reviews for 'Data Center - Others'
The data center and cloud networking vendors covered in this market provide hardware and/or software solutions to deliver connectivity primarily within enterprise data centers. This includes data center core/spine switches, access switches (top of rack [ToR], leaf), virtual switching, Ethernet fabrics, network operating systems (NOSs) and network overlays, and the requisite management, automation and orchestration of those components.
Full-stack hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software provides a complete software solution that includes virtualized compute, storage and networking from a single instantiation running on server hardware. This market consists of those vendors that develop and sell hyperconverged infrastructure software comprising the vendor’s own server virtualization, software-defined storage and network management tools.
Integrated systems combine server, shared storage and network devices, along with management software and support in a preintegrated stack. The integrated system market has four segments: integrated infrastructure system, integrated reference architecture, integrated stack system and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) segment. The overall HCI segment is further subdivided into Hyperconverged Integrated Systems (HCIS), which provides both software and hardware in an appliance model and the software only segment in which vendors provide the Hyperconverged software. This is then integrated with HW by a reseller or the end customer.
Gartner defines the outsourced digital workplace services market as the capabilities required of a provider to deliver consulting, implementation, or support services to end users of technology who utilize end-user devices or applications to conduct business. Services offered in the outsourced digital workplace services (ODWS) market include integrated and ubiquitous digital workplace (DW) services to employees to increase their engagement, productivity and digital dexterity in support of the organization’s digital business strategy.
Gartner defines primary storage with platform services as dedicated products and platform-native services for solid-state arrays or hybrid storage arrays, structured block data consumption-based offerings and software-defined storage (SDS) software. API-centric control and vendor-managed data services planes are used for primary storage onboarding, provisioning and AIOps-enabled SLA-based life cycle management and support outcomes. Platform-native services include the syndication and integration of complementary third-party storage products and data services as part of their managed services offerings. Products and services are available in traditional capex, subscription and consumption pay-for-use licensing.