HDS did a deal with InMage for replication/CDP technology, which in a nutshell, was a good idea. EMC has been out marketing RecoverPoint replication solutions in the midrange market very successfully for the last few years. HDS has been missing the right stuff in that space, so I'm glad to see they were able to get a deal done with InMage.
Long story short, I dig the InMage technology - it works great. It is also gives HDS a great set of tools that make it really easy to move stuff from where it is - competitors - to where they want it - on HDS stuff. InMage is really good at doing that all over the place - for primary data, tiered data, archived stuff, disaster recovery, etc.
The deal may seem small, but it opens up a ton of possibilities for HDS - which of course means a ton of opportunities for InMage. I, for one, will be watching how this plays out, as I really think it gives HDS a whole set of new reasons to go pitch the mid-market again.
InMage is really one of those overlooked gems in the storage world. Sure they're tiny and focus on out-of-fashion CDP, but it's cool tech and it works. I do hope this deal helps spread the word that this tech is useful and available!
Posted by: Stephen Foskett | September 03, 2009 at 11:07 AM