More Than Half of Survey Respondents at VMworld Europe Have SSDs D

10/10/2012 4:00 AM EST

STEC, Inc.
Press release

More Than Half of Survey Respondents at VMworld Europe Have SSDs D

Seventy-Five Percent Cite Performance, Response Times for SSD Adoption While
Only One Percent See Competitive Edge as Compelling Reason to Deploy SSDs 

BARCELONA, Spain, 2012-10-10 10:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Europe's adoption
and deployment of solid-state drive (SSD) technology shows a shift in
enterprise storage – with a few surprises. A survey of 158 attendees at VMworld
Europe reveals that SSD technology is widely deployed in data centers and
adoption of it will increase in the region over the next year. At the same
time, respondents indicated that SSD is no longer regarded as a luxury option,
but as essential to enterprise storage, with emphasis placed on increasing IOs
per second (IOPS) and improving response times as the key reasons to adopt the
technology. 

STEC, Inc., a leading global provider of SSD solutions, today released the
results of that survey, conducted onsite during the VMworld Europe conference
in Barcelona, Spain. Answers from surveyed attendees show that while very few
European companies view implementing SSDs as providing a competitive edge,
three in four say they are drawn to SSD technology because of a need for higher
IOPS and higher response times. These results are similar to those from a
recent survey on SSD adoption and deployment conducted at the VMworld
conference in the United States. 

The VMworld Europe survey revealed:

  -- 56% have SSDs deployed in their data centers, with 37% planning to add more
     to their data centers in the next year
  -- Just 1% believe SSDs provide a competitive advantage, while 73% cite higher
     IOPS and response time as reasons to adopt SSDs
  -- 59% identify databases as the application that will generate the most
     demand for SSDs over the next year

"Throughout Europe, SSD technology is penetrating cloud and data-center
environments," said Davide Villa, STEC's vice president of sales, EMEA. "Our
VMworld Europe survey results reflect a rapid shift to SSDs as they become
central to business-critical storage." 

The survey was conducted throughout the first day of VMworld Europe, among a
cross-section of attendees whose professions range from end-users to
enterprise-system managers to chief information officers. Throughout the
conference, STEC will be demonstrating its SSD products at booth, #E713. 

About STEC, Inc.

STEC, Inc. is a leading global provider of enterprise-class solid-state drive
(SSD) technologies and solutions tailored to meet the high-performance,
high-reliability and high-endurance needs of today's data-intensive server and
storage platforms. With headquarters in Santa Ana, California, and locations
worldwide, STEC leverages almost two decades of solid-state knowledge and
experience to design, manufacture and deliver the most comprehensive line of
PCIe, SAS, SATA, and embedded SSDs on the market today. In addition, STEC's
EnhanceIO™ SSD Cache Software enables IT managers to cost-effectively scale
server application performance. For more information, please visit
www.stec-inc.com. 

STEC, the STEC logo and EnhanceIO are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of STEC, Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. All
other trademarks or brand names referred to herein are the property of their
respective owners. 

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Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties, including, but not limited to, statements concerning the growing
necessity, acceptance and adoption of SSD solutions; the capabilities and
performance of SSD solutions; the benefits and cost savings from the adoption
and utilization of SSDs generally; and the rapidly evolving and growing SSD,
enterprise storage and server markets. Such forward-looking statements are
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including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and could
cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from current
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otherwise. STEC undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to
any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring
after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. 


         CONTACT: Jerry Steach
         Public Relations
         STEC, Inc.
         +1.415.222.9996
          
         
         Davide Villa
         Vice President, of Sales, EMEA
         STEC, Inc.
         +39.3462185277