Software-defined storage (SDS) is a central part of the software-defined data center (SDDC), which is an emerging information technology (IT). It has been designed for organizations to store business data and to enable the speedy delivery of IT services. In an SDS framework, storage services are delivered as a software layer that can be abstracted from the underlying hardware. SDS solutions eliminate the need for manual configuration of the operational process in the SDDC; these solutions accomplish the objective by according control to the software through the separation of the underlying hardware.

PART 01: Executive summary

PART 02: Scope of the report

Market overview

Top-vendor offerings

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

Technology description

PART 05: Market landscape

Market overview

Market size and forecast

Five forces analysis

PART 06: Market segmentation by end-user

Global SDS market by end-user

Market size and forecast

PART 07: Geographical segmentation

Global SDS market by geography

PART 08: Market drivers

PART 09: Impact of drivers

PART 10: Market challenges

PART 11: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 12: Market trends

Rise of OpenStack

Emergence of hyper-convergence technology

Upsurge of open-source SDS for containers

Increase in cloud computing use

Emergence of VSAs

PART 13: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

Other prominent vendors

PART 14: Key vendor analysis

EMC

HP

IBM

VMware

PART 15: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 16: Explore Technavio