For mid-market organizations that want to build their own internal cloud environments to support their IT objectives, the biggest barrier has always been the capital costs associated with purchasing infrastructure and security solutions to support the initiatives. Traditionally, the large server manufacturers haven’t really targeted mid-market because they never saw a large revenue stream potential, or they assumed these organizations never had the in-house expertise to manage the equipment. Now it seems like every vendor is suddenly touting the latest mid-market solution as if they just realized this market segment exists. Why the shift? Continue reading →