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Storage Under Pressure The inside story from 1,200 senior IT pros
Making a Move
70%
82%
60%
95%
of companies have revised their storage strategy in the past year
of companies say that companies must rethink their storage strategy in the next 12 months to avoid their business being compromised
of companies say their IT departments are under scrutiny from other lines of business to contain their storage spending
are considering technologies such such as software-defined software-defined storage
Why are companies shifting their storage strategies? High Costs
80%
92%
7%
of all respondents report frustration with the cost of their storage system
are worried about managing storage costs as capacity requirements grow
of IT budgets are allocated to data storage, consistent across all countries
Poor Performance
73%
92%
68%
of executives are frustrated by the performance of their existing storage solution
of executives are worried that storage will slow down their company’s digital transformation initiatives
of executives see the volume of data increase in their organizations each year
Complexity & Fragmentation
71%
70%
of respondents cite that storage systems were complex & highly fragmented
say their business needs help or advice as to how best to manage their storage needs
1
the # priority
in the next 12 months is to simplify their company’s storage approach
For more detailed results, download the presentation.
Sources: Study conducted by Loudhouse Research Ltd., commissioned by SUSE, Q4 2016. The online survey studied 1202 senior IT decision makers across 11 countries. Participants were screened to ensure they have knowledge and understanding of storage.
