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Eight data storage startup vendors to watch in 2018
This article is part of the Storage issue of January 2018, Vol. 16, No. 11
The new year brings a fresh batch of enterprise-focused data storage startup vendors. The eight newcomers on this list have launched products that revolve around growth sectors, including flash, hybrid cloud, scale-out file systems and object storage. Their arrival dovetails with the proximate foundering of several vendors that made past years' lists of startups to watch. Among the 2017 casualties were Coho Data, DataGravity and Formation Data Systems. All went belly up or sold off assets last year, signifying the headwinds facing startups. Still, the storage market leaves room for newcomers to make their mark. Presented alphabetically, here is our 2018 list of data storage startup companies to watch in the coming months. Aparavi Chairman and founder: Adrian Knapp Flagship product: Aparavi Product launch: October 2017 Category: Cloud data protection and remote disaster recovery as a service Why we're paying attention: Cloud data management is hot Potential roadblocks: Cloud data management is hot; competition is fierce Few ...
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Eight data storage startup vendors to watch in 2018
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