Medium-Size Business Server & Storage Priorities

ESG recently surveyed 546 North American IT decision makers representing medium-size businesses-defined as organizations having between 100 and 999 employees. To qualify for this survey, respondents were required to be familiar with their organization's server and storage infrastructure strategies at an organization-wide level (as opposed to a specific division, department, etc.). All participants were responsible for evaluating, purchasing and/or operating corporate server and storage resources.

Published: June 24, 2008

The goal of the study was to assess these customers' server and storage priorities and purchasing strategies over the next 24 months. Among the questions this report looks to answer:

  • How do medium-size organizations currently spend their IT dollars on in-house staff, hardware, software and third-party services?
  • To what extent are IT budgets expected to grow or shrink over the next 24 months?
  • Which major business and IT initiatives will have the most impact on server and storage spending over the next 24 months?
  • What business applications will have the most impact on server and storage spending over the next 24 months?
  • What will be the most important server and storage initiatives over the next 24 months?
  • What are the greatest challenges facing server and storage environments over the next 24 months?
  • How will use of rack, tower and blade servers shift over the next 24 months?
  • How quickly are medium-size organizations' storage capacity requirements growing?
  • What types of information formats are driving increases in capacity requirements?
  • ... and much more!

This comprehensive report is 44 pages in length and includes 43 figures and tables. For more information on the contents and findings of this report, please download the executive summary below.

Executive Summary

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