Others will read into part 3 of the post that I’m saying that the “vertical stack wars” era means that there isn’t a need in the market for horizontal, open ecosystem CI/HCI stacks. Hint: it’s not – the Converged Infrastructure market will be the same size as the HCI market through 2020.

People will read into this post series that it’s about CI **OR** HCI.

I’ve also found people want to be binary, to polarize every topic. Virtual Geek, remains my own labor of love - but naturally biased by what I do at work.

It’s a weird accidental byproduct of Virtual Geek being a personal blog (off domain, I pay for it myself, and I compose during strange hours). I’ve noticed that if I write a post on a topic, people sometimes assume it’s the only side of the story, or an official position. I also know that people will try to make this black and white. That said, as the calendar comes to a close, and I reflect a bit on the HCI market – I know we’re just getting started.

That mission was accomplished mid-year 2017, so check. In 2016, EMC (and then Dell EMC) and VMware started with several goals – one of which was to become #1 in the HCI market by the end of 2017. The ongoing evolution of HCI – 2017, 2018 and beyond – in three parts.

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