Effectiveness and efficiency drive storage into the clouds

Database and Network Journal, Oct, 2008

A survey of 875 organisations by Storage Expo has found that the main driver of their current storage policy is storage effectiveness (60%) necessitated by the need for reliability, scalability and access speed. The second most important driver was Storage efficiency (33%) resulting from the need to cope with cost vs. capability. The least popular drivers were Green criteria (7%).

Jon Collins, Service Director, Freeform Dynamics commented, "This is quite fascinating, and confirms a trend that we have seen in other studies: that organisations are prioritizing effectiveness over efficiency when it comes to setting policy and making purchasing decisions." With data storage volumes still growing at over 50% per annum, the need for effective and efficient Storage architecture has never been greater.

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