John McKnight

• research reports
  Jan 31, 2013

  Research Report: 2013 IT Spending Intentions Survey

  In order to assess IT spending priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 540 IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America and Western Europe. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ 2012 IT spending as well as their 2013 IT budget and spending plans at either an entire organization level or at a business unit/division/branch level.

• research briefs
  Jul 27, 2012

  Does Data Growth Still Outpace The Ability Of Advanced Storage Functionalities To Tame It?

  Organizations with greater amounts of storage capacity not only still rank managing data growth and improving backup and recovery as their top overall IT priorities, but are significantly more likely to be hiring storage administrators. Does this mean that advanced storage features designed to optimize the management and protection of data are not living up to their billing or that these organizations simply aren’t using them effectively, or at all?

• research reports
  Mar 31, 2012

  Research Report: 2012 Public Cloud Computing Trends

  In order to assess IT spending priorities over 2012 and beyond, ESG surveyed 614 senior IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America, Western Europe, and Asia-Pacific. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations' 2011 IT spending as well as their 2012 IT budget and spending plans at either an entire organization level or at a business unit/division/branch level. A subset of ESG's questions in this survey focused on respondents' usage of and plans for public cloud computing services.

• research briefs
  Feb 29, 2012

  Research Brief: 2012 IT Staffing and Skills Trends

  The healthy outlook for overall IT spending in 2012 means that the majority of organizations will increase IT staff levels this year. Organizations with plans to hire are more likely to engage in new strategic projects as opposed to focusing mostly on tactical maintenance of existing infrastructure. In addition to being the top overall 2012 hiring priority, information security is the area in which the most IT organizations report having a problematic shortage of skills.

• research reports
  Jan 31, 2012

  Research Report: 2012 IT Spending Intentions Survey

  In order to assess IT spending priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 614 senior IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America, Western Europe, and Asia-Pacific. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ 2011 IT spending as well as their 2012 IT budget and spending plans at either an entire organization level or at a business unit/division/branch level.

• research reports
  Nov 21, 2011

  Research Report: Solid-state Storage Market Trends

  In order to assess the market trends involving the current usage and potential adoption of solid-state storage, ESG recently surveyed 223 IT decision-makers responsible for data storage at enterprise-class (i.e., 1,000 or more employees) organizations that either currently use solid-state storage or are considering using the technology. Respondents were familiar with their organization’s current storage environment as well as forward-looking strategies involving solid-state storage technologies.

• research reports
  Oct 31, 2011

  Research Report: Application Retirement Trends

  In order to assess current data management trends, as well as plans for the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 270 North American IT professionals representing large midmarket (500 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. Respondents were familiar with their organization’s current database and legacy application environment, as well as forward-looking plans application retirement.

• research reports
  Sep 28, 2011

  Research Report: The Impact of Big Data on Data Analytics

  In order to assess current data analytics and data management trends, as well as plans for the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 270 North American IT professionals representing large midmarket (500 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. Respondents were familiar with their organization’s current database environment as well as forward-looking strategies involving data analytics and integration initiatives.

• research reports
  Jul 12, 2011

  Research Report: Remote Office/Branch Office Technology Trends

  In order to determine the IT priorities and challenges currently faced by remote office/branch office (ROBO) locations, and how organizations plan to address those challenges, ESG recently surveyed 454 North American senior IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. All respondents worked at headquarters locations or other centralized corporate sites and were responsible for ROBO IT operations and/or strategy, including the delivery of IT services to these locations, authorization of expenditures, or establishment and enforcement of corporate IT policies for remote/branch offices. Respondent organizations were required to have at least two ROBO locations to qualify for the survey.

• research reports
  May 16, 2011

  Research Report: Cloud Computing Adoption Trends

  In order to assess IT spending priorities over 2011 and beyond, ESG recently surveyed 611 North American and Western European senior IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ 2010 IT spending as well as their 2011 IT budget and spending plans at either an entire organization level or at a business unit/division/branch level. A subset of ESG’s questions in this survey focused on respondents’ usage of and plans for public cloud computing services.

• research briefs
  May 5, 2011

  Research Brief: Unified Storage Trends

  The ability to demonstrate a reduction in operational costs is still viewed as the biggest hurdle (or opportunity) in gaining management’s approval for IT investments. As such, it makes sense that nearly one in four IT organizations are currently using unified storage, a technology that improves capacity utilization rates and simplifies management among other operational efficiencies. While specific implementation strategies may still be undetermined, ESG’s research clearly finds that unified storage is going to become more common going forward.

• research briefs
  Mar 17, 2011

  Research Brief: Integrated Computing Trends

  Comprised of server, storage, networking, and management components, integrated computing platforms offer an appealing alternative to traditional technology infrastructure deployments. Touting benefits such as simplified management and faster provisioning, these platforms have garnered significant levels of interest, especially among organizations with increasingly large and complex IT environments. And while adoption of integrated computing technology has been relatively tempered to date, ESG research reveals that 2011 will likely see an uptick in the number of organizations committing IT budget to the purchase of these solutions.

• research briefs
  Mar 15, 2011

  Research Brief: Application Virtualization Challenges

  Nearly two-thirds (61%) of large midmarket (i.e., 500 to 999 employees) and enterprise (i.e., 1,000 or more employees) IT organizations have deployed server virtualization technology on systems running in production environments.¹ However, due to integration complexities, performance concerns, and vendor support issues, virtualizing applications and their underlying databases has been a challenge for many organizations.
  
  ¹See ESG Research Report, The Evolution of Server Virtualization, November 2010.

• research briefs
  Feb 23, 2011

  Research Brief: 2011 Professional Services Spending Trends

  ESG’s 2011 IT spending intentions survey reveals that it may be an unpredictable and lumpy year for IT professional services providers. While less than one-third of organizations will increase spending levels for professional services in 2011, there will be plenty of targeted opportunities for third-party services firms. “Focus” on the right industries, customers, and technology segments will be the key theme for 2011.

• research briefs
  Feb 11, 2011

  Research Brief: Virtual Machine Mobility Reality

  Industry rhetoric suggests that server virtualization is a critical component in an ongoing progression from internal IT to cloud computing. Over the long term this may be true, but ESG research indicates that most organizations are just getting started with advanced server virtualization functionality like virtual machine mobility and will likely take a measured approach toward increased utilization over time. ESG believes that the gap between industry vision and market reality could be harmful to all parties involved. To get more out of server virtualization investments, users must bolster IT training and vendors must sell products and services that fit market needs rather than marketing vision.

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