Microsoft's next storage play
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In the last year, Microsoft has played an increasingly visible role in the enterprise storage market. While Redmond's offerings don't yet pose a major threat to the storage industry's established leaders, customers and vendors alike are now wondering if that's about to change.
So far, Microsoft has made the biggest splash with the success of Windows Storage Server 2003. It has also captured a significant share of the network attached storage (NAS) and iSCSI markets, both of which represent relatively low-end, low-cost storage solutions.