The storage industry is heating up as a result of the globalization of markets and the increasing dependence on electronic communication, exponential data growth, and new regulatory requirements for protecting and retaining data. In response, the following trends continue to emerge:

• Adoption of virtualization
• Energy and cost conservation
• New use cases
• New types of data
• Serverization

These trends have created new challenges for solution providers. This white paper examines these challenges and how the combined expertise, storage technology, and resources of Intel and Xyratex can help meet the demands of the ever-changing storage market.