Early this morning, IBM made an online announcement about new storage products that aim to meet the growing data needs of smaller businesses. The FlashSystem 5200 is a high-speed, entry-level flash storage system that will be generally available in March, followed by hybrid cloud and container-centric updates. The company states that the 5200 will be available at a base price that is, on average, 20 percent less than its predecessor, depending on configuration. The 5200 will start with 38TB of data capacity and can grow up to 1.7PB in a 1U form factor, offering 66 percent greater maximum I/Os than its predecessor and 40 percent more data throughput at 21GB/s.