IBM, by contrast, delivered a number of new data management features for its own midrange FastT family, including IBM's FlashCopy point-in-time replication software and VolumeCopy full-copy software that provides access to a duplicate data set in the event of an outage (see IBM Kicks Up Midrange Storage).
Such software and management features are becoming increasingly important in the midrange market, whereas vendors traditionally have defined the segment in hardware-oriented terms like capacity, according to the September Byte and Switch Insider report, "Midrange Storage Systems" (see EMC, IBM Lead in Midrange Storage).
Todd Spangler, US Editor, Byte and Switch
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