IDC’s latest object-storage “marketscape” shows 18 active players and significant changes in EMC’s and HDS’ status. The chart, IDC’s sort-of answer to Gartner’s Magic Quadrant, positions rivals in a 2-dimensional box, using capabilities and strategies as axes. There are four bands inside the square, one for the “participants”, one for the “contenders”, one for the “major players”, and one for the “leaders” (Cloudian is listed as “leader”)
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