VMworld 2011: Storage Products Take Center Stage

Laying The Storage Foundation For Virtualization And The Cloud

Once customers get past the initial consolidation phase of virtualization, a robust storage infrastructure is an essential part of the foundation for mission-critical virtualized environments and cloud computing.

As a result, storage vendors are out in full force at the VMworld 2011 conference with news about their hardware and software from certification for the new vSphere 5.0 to completely new systems optimized for virtualized environments.

CRN has collected the news from over 30 storage vendors who are hoping to help customers build more robust storage infrastructures on which to base virtualization and cloud computing.

Turn the page and see what's in store for this industry.