After EMC-TwinStrata, can independent cloud storage gateway players stay that way?

With storage giant EMC gobbling up TwinStrata, two years after Microsoft did the same with StorSimple, you have to wonder about the fate of the remaining independent cloud storage gateway providers.

Can Avere Systems, Nasuni, Panzura and CTERA Networks remain on their own? Do they want to? I’m guessing execs at those companies would argue that this is a big market, but there’s no question it is also hotly competitive, and with EMC and Microsoft throwing their weight around, things will likely heat up further.

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