There have been predictions that the storage industry would consolidate down to three or four vendors. The storage industry is far from being “consolidated”, it is expanding and I believe, at a faster pace than ever. Dell may end up with a higher-end storage vendor in Compellent than their EqualLogic offering, but this one will come at a significantly lower cost than if they had won the 3PAR battle. Even when these companies get bought by larger companies they are not really absorbed, but most often set alone.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/database-security/is-the-storage-industry-consolidated-