Data center/centre transformation a top priority in 2009

New global research reveals that 84 percent of technology organizations are planning to implement a data center/centre transformation (DCT) project in the next 12 months, primarily to lower costs and reduce business risk.

The HP-commissioned research (1) further shows that a vast majority of technology decision makers are currently implementing or planning to implement in 2009 consolidation (95 percent), business continuity (93 percent) and virtualization (91 percent) projects.

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 percent) as their top driver for 2009 DCT spending. Enhancing security (29 percent) followed as a close second.

Most organizations are transforming their data centers through independent projects instead of taking a broad, integrated approach. The new research indicates that 20 percent of technology decision makers are initiating a complete transformation, while the remaining 80 percent are implementing individual transformation projects without an overall DCT strategy.

When asked to indicate what projects they would implement independently to achieve specific technology goals, respondents named the following:
* Automation – 64 percent
* Green IT – 60 percent
* Operations management – 59 percent
* Virtualization – 59 percent
* Business continuity – 58 percent

All of these projects have the potential to also achieve business goals. By taking a comprehensive approach and aligning these autonomous projects to an overall DCT strategy, an opportunity exists for CIOs to maximize the value of their transformation initiatives.

Methodology
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 percent of the respondents were from enterprise companies and 15 percent were from midmarket companies. Countries included in the survey were Brazil, Germany, India, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

(1) Hansa | GCR, ‘HP Data Center Transformation: Key Implementation Drivers,’ November 2008.

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•Date:22nd Dec 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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