DevOps

CF: Based on your experience and interactions with partners, where are they regarding that DevOps mindset and the shift to more agile operations?

CC: Mileage varies depending on the partner. But it’s a great example of what we did in the design and the development of the platform. Partners would be leveraging that same kind of practice, maybe on an infrastructure deployment. But if you look at our PowerStore product, it’s one of the fastest growing storage offerings we’ve ever brought to market as a company. It’s in the sweet spot of the high-growth part of the market, because it’s in the mid-range. Whether it’s performance characteristics, or density on replication and deduplication and all the other services, it’s differentiating the competitiveness of the platform. And that agile development is what’s enabling us to get those features to market faster.

CF: And as those features come out faster, do you think your storage partners are ready to get a handle on those more continuous cycles?

CC: I Absolutely do. We listen to our partners, and we have customer advisory panels who provide input and requirements on what they need most and what they value most. Much of what was announced here is the result of feedback from our partner community that said this is what they needed because it helps them deploy faster.