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Buy Recommendation for EMC – Isilon Momentum

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EMC continues its’ string of positive analyst reviews with the latest Buy rating from Peter Misek of Jeffries. Misek specifically calls out the future share gains in NAS Storage at the expense of NetApp with the pending release of new features that will allow Isilon to expand its’ expertise to broader enterprise wide adoption.

According to Misek, “EMC hit a homerun with its VMware acquisition, and we believe Isilon will be another validation of its ‘string of pearls’ acquisition strategy. Our checks indicate that Isilon has added new features that should enable it to jump from its current vertical concentration in Internet, video, and genomics (e.g., Avatar’s special effects were stored on a huge Isilon cluster) to broader enterprise adoption, especially for private clouds.”

Misek initiates coverage of both NetApp and IBM with hold recommendations. Read the full Forbes article here and learn more about EMC Isilon’s new Maverick OneFS coming this fall here.

Sam Grocott

About the Author: Sam Grocott

Sam Grocott is the Senior Vice President of Product Marketing at Dell Technologies. He leads the marketing activities for all infrastructure and client solutions and the services portfolio, including critical GTM activities across the portfolio, such as AI, APEX & Multicloud, Edge, Telecom, portfolio marketing and competitive intelligence. Sam began his career at Isilon Systems in 2001, where he led product management and helped launch Isilon's first products in 2003. After EMC acquired Isilon in 2010, Sam headed the marketing and product management team that delivered the market-leading scale-out NAS offering. When Dell acquired EMC in 2016, Sam's role expanded to cover the Dell Infrastructure Solutions portfolio for Marketing. The organization evolved to represent the entire Dell Technologies portfolio a few years later.