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Magic Three-peat: Gartner Recognizes Dell as a Leader in Distributed File and Object Storage for Third Year in a Row

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For the third straight year, Dell has been recognized by Gartner as a leader in the 2018 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage. We feel the report evaluates Distributed File and Object Storage vendors that help enterprises manage the rapid growth in unstructured data. Per Gartner, by 2022, more than 80% of enterprise data will be stored in scale-out storage systems in enterprise and cloud data centers, up from 40% in 2018.

Around the world, organizations are realizing that data is their most valuable asset. As a leader in this space, Dell takes the responsibility to act as a trusted advisor when it comes to maximizing data value and providing solutions that help the world unlock data capital, which is the value created from leveraging data for deriving business insights and operational excellence.

The Dell Unstructured Data portfolio consists of Dell Isilon and Dell ECS. With more than 10 years of proven market leadership, Isilon is Dell’s scale-out NAS platform. Last year, we announced Isilon’s Generation 6 hardware platform, which includes all-flash, hybrid, and archive systems. The modular design of the Gen-6 platform allows customers to easily upgrade performance or capacity independently as their needs evolve.

As Dell’s flagship object storage offering, ECS is designed specifically for next-generation apps that demand massive unstructured data storage capacity, global access and cloud-scale economics. In addition to object protocols, ECS supports file and Hadoop (HDFS) protocols, which enable customers to consolidate data from multiple sources into one single, global storage platform. The newly announced ECS EX-Series provides organizations with unparalleled flexibility, starting in smaller capacity increments, while remaining ready and able to grow as their needs change in the future.

Not only have we made significant enhancements with both product lines, we have also improved the overall customer experience with Dell.  Both Isilon and ECS are part of Dell’s Future-Proof Loyalty Program, which provides customer satisfaction, efficiency and migration guarantees so Dell customers can enjoy purchase peace of mind when choosing to partner with us.

We believe Gartner Magic Quadrants help customers gain a quick overview and understanding of a market’s competing technology providers and their ability to deliver on what end users require today, and in the future [1]. Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant recognizes Dell as a leader in Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute within the Distributed File and Object Storage category.

Ready to do more with your own unstructured data? Learn more about Isilon and ECS platforms and contact us for more details.

Read the full Gartner report.

With this newest report, Dell is now positioned in more than 20 Gartner Magic Quadrants. We feel the continued recognition demonstrates the market demand from global enterprises for scalable, reliable and easy to use products that help them to focus on managing their businesses, not their storage.

 [1] https://www.gartner.com/en/research/methodologies/magic-quadrants-research

Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage

By Julia Palmer, Raj Bala, John McArthur

Published 18 October 2018

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Jeff Boudreau

About the Author: Jeff Boudreau

As chief AI officer at Dell Technologies, Jeff Boudreau leads the company’s AI and data strategy including accelerating AI-driven outcomes and scaling generative AI initiatives across the organization. Leaning on his versatility, deep engineering and infrastructure expertise, Jeff leads Dell’s Center for AI Innovation, a team which is responsible for enterprise-wide AI strategy, education, governance, and policies. This includes prioritizing and implementing domain-specific use cases, building, defining and standardizing architectures, integrating and embedding AI across Dell's product portfolio and core business operations – as well as cultivating strategic partnerships across the AI ecosystem. Tapping into the value inherent in data to drive progress is a passion of Jeff’s that has driven him during his more than 25 years at Dell Technologies. Prior to becoming chief AI officer in September 2023, Jeff spent four years serving as president of the Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) at Dell. In this position he led a global team of over 23,000 innovators that accelerated data insights and helped Dell Technologies become the largest infrastructure provider in the world – across the data center, cloud and at the edge. He has held executive positions spanning engineering, operations, services, and business management with a passion for inspiring team members and driving real-world outcomes for customers. Jeff completed his undergraduate studies at Wentworth Institute of Technology and received an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He is based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.