Data
Center Transformation Priority for CIOs: Survey
The
HP-commissioned global survey reveals that 84% of technology
organizations are planning to implement a data center transformation (DCT)
project in the next 12 months, primarily to lower costs and reduce
business risk.
Majority of technology decision makers are currently implementing or
planning to implement in 2009 consolidation (95%), business continuity
(93%) and virtualization (91%) projects, the survey results tell.
Today’s
CIOs are challenged more than ever to control costs and quickly achieve
returns on technology investments. According to the study, respondents
named reducing operational costs (31%) as their top driver for 2009 DCT
spending. Enhancing security (29%) followed as a close second.
However, in both cases decision makers reported that technology needs,
more than business needs, are prompting the investments. This may limit
their ability to achieve both short-term and long-term business benefits
such as reduced costs, mitigated risks and accelerated growth.
“CIOs
who approach DCT initiatives with a focus on business needs can
significantly reduce time to value for today’s technology investments
while laying the foundation for future growth,” said John Bennett,
worldwide director, Data Center Transformation Solutions, HP.
Most
organizations are transforming their data centers through independent
projects instead of taking a broad, integrated approach. The research
indicates that 20% of technology decision makers are initiating a
complete transformation, while the remaining 80% are implementing
individual transformation projects without an overall DCT strategy.
When
asked, says HP, to indicate what projects they would implement
independently to achieve specific technology goals, respondents named
the following:
- Automation –
64%
- Green IT –
60%
- Operations
management – 59%
-
Virtualization – 59%
- Business
continuity – 58%
Hansa |
GCR performed the study, commissioned by HP, using a web survey to
collect information from 600 technology decision makers from midsized
organizations to enterprises, globally.
Approximately 85% of the respondents were from enterprise companies and
15% were from midmarket companies.
Countries included in the survey were Brazil, Germany, India, Japan, the
United Kingdom, and the United States.
