Company Vision Drives Successful Adoption of Adaptive Flash and All Flash Arrays
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Nov 10, 2016) - Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL), the leader in predictive flash storage, today
announced that it has been positioned furthest on the visionary axis in the Leaders quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for
General-Purpose Disk Arrays(1). The report analyzes hybrid and solid-state arrays (SSAs) that support storage area network (SAN)
and network-attached storage (NAS) protocols. This is the second consecutive year Nimble has been placed in the Leaders quadrant.
To date, over 9,000 enterprises and cloud service providers rely on the Nimble Predictive Flash platform to underpin their
critical business applications.
View the full "Magic Quadrant for General-Purpose Disk Arrays" report:
https://www.nimblestorage.com/nimble-is-the-leading-flash-visionary/?utm_source=pr
The Predictive Flash platform combines All Flash arrays and Adaptive Flash arrays into a single architecture that accelerates
applications while lowering the cost of storage ownership. However, fast flash alone is inadequate since the majority of
application disruptions stem from complexity of the infrastructure stack. By leveraging cloud-based predictive analytics to
monitor customer-deployed infrastructure, the Predictive Flash platform delivers unmatched operational simplicity, infrastructure
availability and cross-stack visibility.
"Given enterprise priorities to simplify IT infrastructure and minimize costs, we believe that complex storage solutions from
legacy vendors are no longer competitive. Their lack of innovation is creating a significant share shift opportunity. At the same
time, younger storage companies do not have the breadth of functionality of our Predictive Flash platform," said Suresh
Vasudevan, CEO, Nimble Storage. "With the most advanced use of predictive analytics and machine learning capabilities in the
industry we have fundamentally changed the game. InfoSight Predictive Analytics is not something other vendors can easily
replicate or bolt-on. We believe it will take other vendors years to match the level of operational simplicity we can offer
enterprises today."
Nimble developed a strategy to leverage big data and machine learning to optimize customers' environments. By doing so, the
company enables infrastructure that operates flawlessly, informs IT teams when something is about to go wrong, and prevents
problems from occurring in the first place. The Predictive Flash platform gives IT teams radical simplicity, a transformed
support experience and ease of scalability.
Continued Success with the Nimble All Flash Array (Solid-State Array)
In building the Nimble AF-Series All Flash array, the company went back to first principles and spent more than two
years architecting a system that could take advantage of the latest and future flash innovations, while simultaneously addressing
the limitations present in other all-flash arrays. This year, Nimble introduced an All Flash array that is a generation beyond
competitive offerings. Since its introduction in February 2016, the AF-Series has been purchased by more than 200 customers. More
than half of the All Flash customers are "new to Nimble" customers, and a majority also leverage Adaptive Flash arrays.
The rapid adoption of the Nimble Storage All Flash array is attributed to the unparalleled differentiators Nimble can deliver
including absolute performance, superior scalability and non-stop availability, at a total cost of ownership (TCO) that is up to
33 to 66 percent lower than competitive arrays.
The All Flash arrays round out the Nimble portfolio of Predictive Flash arrays -- all of which are supported by InfoSight
Predictive Analytics.
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About Nimble Storage
Nimble Storage (NMBL) is the leader in predictive flash storage solutions. Its predictive flash platform gives
users the fastest, most reliable access to data. By combining predictive analytics with flash storage, IT teams radically
simplify their operations. More than 9,000 customers across 50 countries rely on Nimble to power their businesses, on-premise and
in the cloud. For more information, visit www.nimblestorage.com
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(1) Gartner "Magic Quadrant for General-Purpose Disk Arrays Magic Quadrant," written by Stanley Zaffos, Roger W. Cox, Valdis
Filks, and Santhosh Rao October 31, 2016.