Hyper ISE data storage system (made by X-10).

• Position: COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT/SOFTWARE

Colorado Springs

xio-storge.com

ISE stands for Intelligent Storage Element, and it's what puts X-IO's award-winning enterprise storage system at the head of the class, says Chief Technology Officer Steve Sicola Debuting last summer, X-IO's 14.4-terabyte Hyper ISE "looks the same from the outside, but it completely fuses solid state drives and hard drives into a unique thinking system," Sicola says. "It's like radar detecting storms. It detects workload while it's happening and before it's happening, and learns constantly over time."

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This makes for a quantum leap in querying databases and enabling virtual desktops. "It just flies," says Sicola, noting that the system recently...