The 10 HCI Systems That Led 2020

The worldwide hyperconverged system market is on pace to generate nearly $4 billion in 2020 despite the COVID-19 global pandemic causing economic uncertainty especially as it relates to IT hardware spending.

Global HCI sales grew 8 percent year over year in the first quarter to nearly $2 billion, followed by a 1 percent growth in the second quarter at $1.9 billion in worldwide HCI revenue, according to IT market research firm IDC.

Although the players have stayed the same for the past few years, many market leaders – from Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Microsoft and Nutanix – launched new hyperconverged products in 2020.

CRN breaks down the coolest hyperconverged systems of 2020 that made waves in the global market.

Get more of CRN’s 2020 tech year in review.