Enterprise storage technology, once bound tightly to specialized boxes, now has more to do with software that can run on standard computing gear. This shift gives companies more freedom to deploy storage as they like. It’s also changing how they pay for it.

NetApp’s SolidFire division, a recent acquisition focused on all-flash technology, is introducing a way for customers to buy its software and hardware separately. As their needs grow and change, enterprises will be able to use the same software licenses across multiple sites and machines.

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