SDS is disrupting the digital landscape and for the better. Find out how how it will impact your customers.

1. SDS is disrupting the digital
landscape and for the better.
Find out how how it will
impact your customers.
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Here’s everything you need to know about how SDS is
changing the landscape for your customer’s business
and how you can take advantage of this change.
Takeaways
SDS is a growing market
and today’s resellers
need to take advantage
of these opportunities by
starting conversations with
customers who are still
using legacy systems.
SDS is ultimately changing
the landscape because it
creates fundamental shifts
in how enterprises procure,
provision, and manage
their storage.
Resellers can improve their
customer’s business through
SDS by giving them more
flexibility, greater agility, more
stringent control of their data
and a resilient, cost-effective
infrastructure.
The software-defined storage (SDS)
market is set for rapid growth, with
more customers taking this approach
into serious consideration.
by 2021, so now is the perfect time for resellers to
take advantage and capitalise on opportunities.
It’s estimated that the market will be worth
$22.56 billion
Business application
can be deployed 32% faster, while the
time between customer requests for
applications being made and its delivery is
Customers, regardless of their industry.
want to reduce infrastructure costs for
a range of budgetary reasons - largely
surrounding business growth.
In some instances, IT teams can
spend 75% less time dedicated to
storage-related enquiries, freeing
them up to focus on strategic tasks
that will propel their business forward.
executives report feeling stuck or impeded by
their technology infrastructures. SDS can help
deliver on this “ask” because it eliminates
fibre channels and relevant equipment.
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In the third quarter of 2016,
the storage market’s long-term decline
continued, falling by another 3.2% to around
$8.8 billion.
Different vendors offer different
features within their SDS offering, but
it’s down to you as a reseller to meet
your customer’s demands.
The SDS landscape becomes
more prominent with every piece of
physical storage that is coming to the
end of its life. It is the perfect time to
get your customers interested.
SDS doesn’t just benefit your
customer’s business, it also benefits
the individuals within it, empowering
them to deliver a better service to
their customers.
More customers are becoming aware
of the benefits of SDS, including the
elimination of costly vendor-lock in,
predictable scalability and increased
business growth.
26% faster.