What do Microsoft, Virtustream think about EMC data lake?

MUMBAI, INDIA: Partners like Microsoft and Virtustream have welcome EMC’s latest initiative to propagate data lakes in India.

It must be noted that EMC launched its new Data Lake 2.0 strategy yesterday.

Commenting on the new strategy, Guru Pangal, GM Hybrid Storage and Data Protection, Microsoft, said, “We know that unstructured data is growing rapidly and enterprises are challenged to store and manage it on-premises. By leveraging the durability, scalability and high availability of Microsoft Azure storage, EMC Isilon customers can lower the overall cost of their storage.”

Rodney Rogers, Chief Executive Officer, Virtustream, added, “Customers deploying the new EMC Isilon CloudPools capability will now be able to seamlessly extend to the public cloud. We believe that the combination of Virtustream and EMC Isilon’s CloudPools ensure that enterprise customers can achieve their hybrid cloud goals.  We are excited to extend our service offerings to EMC’s Isilon customers as part of an overall Data Lake 2.0 strategy, and see opportunities for dramatic growth as customers shift focus to cloud services.”

Amit Mehta, Country Manager, Isilon Storage Division, EMC India & SAARC, opined, “Enterprises are managing more data and in more locations than ever before. The rapid growth of unstructured data in the data center core and at the enterprise edge is challenging organizations to both manage data growth and find new ways to tap highly distributed data stores for business intelligence and value.”