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20 years of 'Storage' magazine's Products of the Year
This article is part of the Storage issue of February 2022, Vol. 20, No. 1
A lot has happened in the data storage industry over the past 20 years, and Storage magazine has been there to chronicle the highlights every step of the way. Back in 2002, a storage industry institution was born as Storage magazine rolled out its first Products of the Year competition. I was fortunate to tag along on the POY -- as current and former magazine staffers call it -- journey for about 15 years. The idea was to give kudos to the best data storage hardware and software available, but it wasn't just another editors' picks or users' choice awards program. POY charted a different course as it set out to find the best of the best in storage gear. Our panel of experts judged the products based on their latest iterations -- in fact, one of the prerequisites to being considered for an award was that the product had to be introduced or upgraded in the previous year. Twenty years later, that "what have you done lately" principle is still the basis of our awards selections. Including this year's winners, Storage magazine has ...
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20 years of 'Storage' magazine's Products of the Year
Our best products competition is built on a premise that discourages vendors from sitting on their product's laurels while encouraging technology innovation.