ESG TechTruth: SDS Procurement Preference One-third of current and potential software-defined storage users prefer an integrated approach.

ESG conducted an in-depth survey of 303 IT professionals responsible for evaluating, purchasing, and managing data storage technology, including external disk-based storage systems, for their organizations. To qualify, respondent organizations had to currently be utilizing or evaluating software-defined storage (SDS) or at least interested in SDS as a long-term strategy. Survey participants represented midmarket and enterprise-class organizations in North America.

Source: ESG Research Report, Software-defined Storage (SDS) Market Trends, February 2017.