The Cloud AI build-out reset component prices in a single quarter. Omdia surveyed IT professionals at 400 North American organizations and found DRAM prices nearly doubled in Q1 with enterprise SSD prices up 50 percent. The response was not a spending spree. 98 percent of organizations are consolidating infrastructure, and buyers ranked software-defined storage first among eight strategies for absorbing the increase. This research center collects the campaign in one place: the research, the session with Omdia, the analysis, and the industry coverage.
Solution Content
Is Software-Defined Storage the Answer to Hardware Inflation?
The campaign anchor. The full analysis of the Omdia findings, why buyers were right to rank software-defined storage first, and where storage-only SDS stops short of the fix.
Read the Research →The Software-Defined Answer to Hardware Inflation
George Crump of VergeIO and Simon Robinson of Omdia walk through the research and the architecture response. Register to receive access to the session.
Register for the Webinar →Omdia Study: 98 Percent of Enterprises Are Consolidating Infrastructure
The study findings on the record, with commentary from Simon Robinson, Chief Analyst for Storage and Data Infrastructure at Omdia.
Read the Announcement →Saratoga Casino Holdings
What the consolidation strategy looks like after deployment. One organization, fewer servers, and the storage conversation off the refresh calendar.
Read the Case Study →VergeIO Blogs
Storage Tiering Without the Capacity Tax
Tiering was never an array feature. It was a placement decision that lived in the array for one reason. Move the intelligence into the infrastructure software and the capacity tax disappears. Includes the tier-policy script and an explainer video covering the UI and the CLI.
Read the Post →Industry Articles
Rising Cloud Costs: The Case for Owning Hardware in 2026
The cloud was the escape hatch from hardware price swings. As providers allocate capacity to AI workloads, the hatch is filling up, and the economics of owning hardware are back on the table.
Read the Post →Buyers Ranked HCI Sixth of Eight. They Were Right.
The same survey that put software-defined storage first put HCI near the bottom. The ranking says more about architecture than about marketing, and buyers got it right.
Read the Post →Hard Reality of Surging SSD Costs Forces Tech Pros to Consider Software-Defined Storage
Joe Fay’s independent read of the Omdia findings and what the component reset means for storage buyers.
Read the Coverage →Omdia Study: 98 Percent of Enterprises Are Consolidating Infrastructure
David Marshall runs the study findings in full, including the consolidation data and analyst commentary.
Read the Coverage →Omdia Study: 98 Percent of Enterprises Are Consolidating Infrastructure
StorageNewsletter carries the findings table and the Q1 component price data for the storage industry audience.
Read the Coverage →More to come. The on-demand replay page for the August 20 session is in production and will replace the registration link above. A post-webinar blog, additional industry coverage, and a follow-up analysis of the session polling data are on the calendar. Check back.