Ideas International’s (IDEAS) CPStorage service provides

tactical intelligence on major storage solutions and related

software offerings.

The premier reference of its kind, Vendor Coverage

CPStorage is an invaluable resource to » 
3PAR
anyone tasked with comparative storage » BlueArc
solution analysis. Its unmatched depth
» Compellent
of information, user-friendly interface,
» Dell (including EqualLogic)
and robust analysis capabilities increase
productivity and promote expert » EMC
decision-making. » HDS
» HP (including LeftHand)
At the heart of CPStorage is a rich online
» IBM
database of product pricing, feature,
and performance information. Through » Isilon
a powerful suite of interactive tools, » NetApp
this raw data instantly transforms into » Overland Storage
head-to-head product comparisons, » Pillar Data
comprehensive pricing and scalability » Quantum
analyses, and fully priced product » Sun
configurations – work that would take
hours to perform manually. These reports Global Pricing Coverage
can be saved for future reference and » United
 States
are automatically updated with changes
» All major European countries both
when reopened. CPStorage can be used
within and outside the eurozone
in conjunction with other Competitive
» Middle East and South Africa
Profiles modules to model and compare
real-life combinations of server, storage, » China, India, and Japan
and system software components. » Australia and New Zealand
» Other Asia/Pacific countries
Product Coverage
» DAS,
 NAS, and SAN
» Unified
 Disk Storage
» SAN
 Connectivity Devices
» Tape
 Libraries, Drives, and Autoloaders
» Storage
 Software
actionable intelligence
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Key Features » Benchmark

 Monitoring – CPStorage » Analysis
 Tools – The CPStorage
tracks current and emerging storage- database is supported by a range of
» Product
 Specifications – CPStorage
specific benchmarks. Users can access purpose-built analysis tools, including
tracks key product differentiation
benchmark data on a per-product basis a “Competitive Landscape” tool, a
data, enabling users to draw rapid
or via the “Benchmark Wizard” tool. “Compete Wizard,” and a “Solution
and effective product comparisons.
Builder,” among others. With these
Users can generate detailed product » Historical
 Perspectives – In addition
tools, users can quickly analyze price/
spec sheets, covering everything from to a wealth of information on current
capacity comparisons, view products
a product’s announcement date to its products, CPStorage users have
by market segment, and track product
availability features. access to information on obsolete
feature and price changes.
products. This historical data can
» Pricing Coverage – CPStorage also
prove particularly useful for managing » Alerts
 – CPStorage users receive push
stores locally researched pricing
datacenter mergers and planning e-mail notification of major product
data for each product, covering 40
storage consolidations. and pricing events.
different currencies worldwide. Pricing
is provided at both the component
and configuration levels. Information Fig 1 – Drilling Down to a Product Profile in CPStorage
includes part numbers and the date
of the last pricing update. Coverage
spans current list pricing, historical
pricing, and street pricing/discounting
practices (in select countries).
» Sample
 Configurations – CPStorage
provides priced sample configurations
of major products. Users can easily
customize these configurations to
meet their needs through CPStorage’s
interactive tools.

About Ideas International

Ideas International (IDEAS) is the IDEAS’ online products are backed up

leading global supplier of comparative by expert industry analysts who can
intelligence on enterprise IT also deliver specialized advisory and
infrastructure. Servicing both IT vendors consulting services.
and large-scale IT users, IDEAS’
For more information about Ideas I N T E R N AT I O N A L
products focus on: servers; storage;
International, please visit:
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