The storage revolution will be driven by software

Well, here are a few pointers for you that came out a discussion with Red Hat's Ranga Rangachari, the company's VP & GM of its storage business unit:

3. A new level of data monitoring exists and connected "instrumented" devices that form part of the so-called "Internet of Things" are fuelling data growth so that... guess what... we are experiencing a data explosion.

The cloud computing model is clearly here now

The cloud computing model is clearly here now and we need to work to align storage with more prevalently implemented virtualisation techniques and processes argues Red Hat's Rangachari i.e. we are in fact experiencing a data explosion, nevertheless there is after all a lot of work to do.