Should GreenBytes separate its hardware and software? The storage firm sells an IO Offload Engine which stores deduplicated virty desktop images in its own flash hardware and ships them out to client devices. It's essentially a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) accelerator for storage arrays that runs alongside them and …

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Monday 11th February 2013 11:57 GMT streaky

Well

There's a huge list of companies that want you to buy their hardware when all you want is their software (destroying a huge potential market), Nutanix and Riverbed are two that spring to mind. So nothing new really.

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1. Monday 11th February 2013 11:58 GMT streaky
  
  Re: Well
  
  Oh, and Dataplex on the consumer end (it's just software but they only sell to OEMs? Get out..)
  
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Monday 11th February 2013 20:25 GMT Trevor_Pott

Heh

I had this same argument with Tintri two weeks ago. They did not seem impressed with the idea of simply punting the software. *sigh*

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1. Tuesday 12th February 2013 13:44 GMT thegreatsatan
  
  Re: Heh
  
  you dont get to charge 10k per TB if you do that.
  
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  1. Tuesday 12th February 2013 17:12 GMT Trevor_Pott
    
    Re: Heh
    
    You don't need to, if you leave the hardware up to the customer...
    
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Monday 11th February 2013 21:39 GMT Scrybe

Why not

Why not Atlantis ILIO? Already software, already works.

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