Vendor Landscape: Converged Systems
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- It is difficult to differentiate converged systems solutions in a market that is saturated with commodity hardware. Clients must focus on full-stack management capabilities, hypervisor support, and application support as a means of differentiating available options.
- Converged systems are not solutions in a box. Care must be taken to evaluate how a given solution will integrate with the organization’s existing infrastructure.
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Critical Insight
- Among converged solutions, management functionality can break out by component, integrate with the hypervisor, or sit on top of the whole system. Full-stack solutions are often more expensive, but easier to manage.
- Converged systems vendors often provide reference architectures or pre-integrated solutions for specific applications. The best vendor may be the one that offers the best support for your specific application.
- Most converged solutions offer VMware integration. Other hypervisors like Hyper-V and Citrix are often supported by reference architecture or not at all. This can be a useful differentiator for non-VMware shops.
Impact and Result
- Understand today’s converged systems market, where it’s going, and what its leading vendors are doing.
- Identify the solution best suited to your organization’s unique converged systems needs.
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