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You may be familiar with the old English adage, “A stitch in time saves nine.” It basically means that it’s much better to deal with a problem immediately when it’s small than to procrastinate, so you can prevent it from becoming a much larger problem later. This concept applies to enterprise storage infrastructure today just as much as it applies to your home.​

In a landmark survey of large enterprises by The Register / Blocks & Files last year, approximately 56% of enterprises with 10,000+ employees surveyed said that they have already incorporated enterprise storage solutions into their overall cybersecurity strategy, with an additional 20% of enterprises planning for it. This is significant because it represents a shift happening in the enterprise market toward embracing a cyber-focused, recovery-first approach to mitigate the impact of cyberattacks, including ransomware and malware.

Top company executives talked with CRN about Lenovo’s acquisition of Infinidat, with topics ranging from why it took so long for Lenovo to make a serious play to bring enterprise storage to clients buying its enterprise servers to why a fast-growing Infinidat would even consider being acquired at a time its technology is in high demand for use in AI workloads.

Lenovo has completed the acquisition of Infinidat and its high-end enterprise storage systems, saying this enhances its ability to deliver resilient, intelligent, AI-ready data infrastructure to customers worldwide.

Lenovo Group Ltd. announced it has completed the acquisition of Infinidat Ltd., a provider of high-end enterprise storage solutions.

It took over a year from the time Lenovo unveiled plans to acquire Infinidat to finally close the deal, but the deal is done and Lenovo finally moves from its focus on SMB storage to being able to sell high-performance enterprise storage to match its enterprise server business.

Lenovo Closes Infinidat Deal, Signals Shift in Enterprise Storage Strategy

Business value has become a tremendous differentiator in the enterprise storage market. This is a huge shift from the days when technical value alone reigned supreme in past decades. Today, business value and technical value must work hand-in-hand for a viable enterprise storage infrastructure that supports and optimizes a business to achieve its strategic goals in a data-centric world. However, understanding the finer points of this hidden gem of “value” that gets CIOs very excited, when they discover it, is not always easy and can be inadvertently overlooked.

Eric Herzog, CMO of Infinidat, talked about how partners can grow revenue by selling integrated storage-plus-cyber solutions. He described Infinidat’s InfiniBox family and the InfiniSafe software capability as embedding cyber storage security and resilience to enable fast recovery from malware and ransomware within storage systems. He recommended that partners align infrastructure and cybersecurity practices and jointly sell integrated storage-plus-cyber solutions to expand deal size, margin, and customer value. Partners should position the offering as a consultative solution rather than a quick sale to capture higher value.

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