As you may have heard, EMC recently announced a revamped version of its hybrid VNX storage platform. The new release includes changes to VNX's software to take full advantage of SSD speeds; previous generations simply swapped spinning disk with SSDs, which failed to maximize flash performance.

eGroup's Technical Consultant Manager, John Flisher, provided his take on the launch in CRN's feature, "<a href="http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240160772/emc-second-generation-vnx-brings-huge-speed-capacity-leap.htm">EMC: Second-Generation VNX Brings Huge Speed, Capacity Leap</a>." Below is a short blurb of what John had to say.
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">John Flisher, technical consultant manager at eGroup, a Mt. Pleasant, S.C.-based solution provider and EMC partner, said eGroup is preparing a huge road show to get information about the new VNX to customers in the same fashion the company did with the release of the original VNX.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"This is huge for us," eGroup's Flisher said. "EMC (NYSE:<a href="http://www.crn.com/stock-quotes-financial-data/index.htm?Page=QUOTE&amp;Ticker=EMC" target="_blank">EMC</a>) goes all out with these releases. There will be a full-on marketing event, which doesn't just focus on the arrays. But we can expect something like when <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RulI73Vq2LQ" target="_blank">EMC crammed all those people in that small car</a> during the original VNX launch."</p>