Over the last couple of years there has been a lot of discussion around moving from the traditional methods of building out infrastructure to utilizing converged stacks. At this point nearly every manufacturer has gotten into the game, positioning their own technologies, setting up independent companies or partnering so that they too can have an offering. Engineered Systems, Integrated Stacks, Converged Systems, Reference Architectures or Validated Designs or whatever name or category they fall under are not identical but they strive to accomplish the same goals.