Data Storage: ZDE Report Validates Storage Sector as Healthiest in IT

ZDE Report Validates Storage Sector as Healthiest in IT

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Highlights

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A majority of respondents were involved with NAS and SAN

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Two-fifths expect their companies to spend more on storage in 2009 than in 2008

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Tech to most drive growth in volume of data storage in 2009

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90% expect their storage volumes to increase in 2009; 57% expect storage volume to increase 25% or more

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60% of companies that have done some storage consolidation expect consolidation to increase in 2009

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73% of companies expecting to spend on storage virtualization in 2008/2009 expect such virtualization to increase their "demand for storage capacity" in 2009

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