31 July 2010
Saturday
Storage market research reports
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Higher sales in Fiber Channel and Fiber Channel over Ethernet SAN switches were balanced by lower SAN adapter sales creating a flat sequential quarter for the overall storage network equipment market.
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Virtualization Tracker, 18.2% of all new servers shipped in the fourth quarter of 2009 (4Q09) were virtualized, an increase from 15.2% in 4Q08.
Storage vendor NetApp conducted a survey which has revealed that virtualization (70%) is the top priority for IT investment in 2010, and that awareness of cloud computing is on the rise.
Enterprise data storage professionals spill the beans on why they love and hate their storage jobs.
According to Gartner, Asia Pacific organizations that are now on their way to economic recovery should be aware of the critical changes in the balance of control and power in IT, especially the way users interact with technology.
A recent survey by Hitachi Data Systems revealed that majority of Asia Pacific CIOs still regard cost management as a priority concern.
A recent HP commissioned research shows that 50% of technology decision makers within Singapore-based firms are using or planning to implement cloud computing solutions within the next 12 months.
Symantec has compiled its list of storage trends to watch in 2010, with main themes focused on improving storage efficiency, reducing costs and management complexity, as well as movement towards cloud storage and deduplication.
