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Features & Benefits

Product Profiles

Access all relevant details for a storage, including specifications, lifecycle information, detailed part-level pricing, priced sample configurations, services information, and performance data.

• A single and convenient source of specification, pricing, performance, and environmental information for products old and new.

Pricing Coverage

Gain access to detailed coverage of manufacturer list pricing, including historical perspectives. Street pricing and discount practices are also provided for selected countries. International pricing perspectives are also available. CPStorage even provides proactive email notifications of price changes.

• Stay well informed about product price positioning and changes.

Comprehensive Historical Database

Locate information on servers going back over 10 years.

• In-depth coverage of both current and obsolete products, making comparisons between old and new storage quick and painless.

Benchmark Wizard

Access a comprehensive list of industry-standard performance benchmarks – including historical tests that may no longer be available on the benchmark organization’s website.

• Don’t waste time hunting down results. The Benchmark Wizard provides timely coverage from one convenient location.

Analysis Tools

A range of purpose built analysis tools enables you to quickly analyze pricing and specification comparisons, view products by market segment, and track product feature and price changes.

• Resulting in significant time savings compared to doing this via more manual methods.

Robust and Consistent Presentation Techniques

Powerful presentation techniques, such as pricing configurators, tabular product comparisons, and relative price and capacity charts in consistent formats.

• Save time and effort by building standard intelligence gathering processes and reporting. The presentation consistency also leads to more effective analysis and insights.

Continuous Updates

The Competitive Profiles research teams respond daily to product releases and updates.

• Keeping up to date in near real time, as major industry developments unfold.

User-Friendly Web Delivery

The full Competitive Profiles interface is delivered through a web browser.

• No client-side software is needed. The service is available 24x7 and can be easily accessed by all registered users, making it very easy and convenient to use.

Support

Subscribers receive defect, and how-to support, as well as being able to pose questions, for additional insights from the experienced IDEAS researchers and analysts.

• Giving you easy and quick access to specialist knowledge when you need it.

Save with Rapid Recall

Save customized comparisons and analysis

• Save time not having to re-construct your competitive perspectives. Simply save them away and recall when needed via just a few mouse clicks.

Help to Sell with Competitive Profiles Reports

Create reports that you can share with clients and prospects.

• Provides an independent and objective perspective to help sell your solution

Scope

Over 2,200 featured profiles for storage products since 1999 to today

Featured Companies

• 3PAR
• Adaptec, ADIC, Amdahl, Auspex
• BlueArc
• Compaq, Compellent
• Data Domain/EMC, Data General, Dell, Digital, Dot Hill
• EMC, EqualLogic
• HDS, HP, Huawei Symantec
• IBM, Iomega/EMC
• Isilon, LeftHand/HP, LSI Logic
• Maxxan, MTI
• NetApp, NSS
• Oracle, Overland
• Pillar
• Quantum
• StorageTek, Sun
• XIOtech