This IDC Vendor Profile examines the opportunities and challenges that affect Fusion-io — an enterprise flash storage provider with a unique approach to delivering ultrahigh I/O to existing and future IT architectures.

This Vendor Profile is part of the Small Vendor Profile (SVP) Series, a special IDC initiative of IDC's storage hardware, storage software, semiconductor, and compliance infrastructure groups. The goal of the SVP Series is to profile smaller "have you ever heard of" companies that have unique but compelling positions within these IDC services. Every client of at least one IDC service within one of the IDC groups listed will receive each and every vendor profile, regardless of which analyst authors the profile. The SVP Series runs from October 2008 through September 2009.