Bangalore: IBM unveiled a strategic initiative to drive Flash technology further into the enterprise to help organizations better tackle the mounting challenges of Big Data.

The Flash Storage plan, which has only recently been outlined by IBM, includes an investment of $1 billion in research and development apart from other systems where solid state drives will be used.

What is Flash?

Flash, a highly efficient re-writable memory, can speed the response times of information gathering in servers and storage systems from milliseconds to microseconds – orders of magnitude faster. Because it contains no moving parts, the technology is also more reliable, durable and more energy efficient than spinning hard drives.

With Big Blue now on the bandwagon, Flash can now be pushed into various data centers. The mainstream for flash storage is now being pushed into the enterprise by Big Data and other such developments. This is mainly because real time information, usually referred to as hot data needs to be tapped into by companies.

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