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Canadian Infrastructure Hardware Buying Behaviour

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: January 2007
Product Code: R104-29160
Description

This IDC study outlines why organizations are investing in servers and storage and the benefits that they are seeing by doing so. This research document provides helpful insights into how server and storage solutions vendors can refine their sales and marketing strategies to better align with the specific buying behaviours of large, medium-sized, and small organizations. The strong Canadian economy and dollar are combining to incent Canadian organizations to invest in their IT infrastructure. They have little choice because they need to increase productivity and improve operational efficiencies. To this end, Canadian businesses are acquiring more server and storage capability and emphasizing the need to better manage and exploit the investments already made in these resources.

"Canadian organizations are responding to vendor solutions that help them to better utilize, manage, and secure their server and storage investments," notes Marc Perrella, vice president, Technology Group at IDC Canada.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

IDC Opinion

In This Study

Methodology

Situation Overview

Investing in IT Infrastructure to Improve Productivity

Figure: Top Business or Organizational Priorities

Most Important Area of IT Investment

Figure: Most Important Areas of IT Investment

Adoption of Server Virtualization

Figure: Current Adoption of Server Virtualization

Key Benefits of Server Virtualization

Figure: Net Results of Server Virtualization Strategy

Server Workloads ? Spending Share

Figure: Canadian Server Spending Share by Value Workload

Figure: Canadian Server Spending Share by Volume Workload

Advantages of Networked Storage Solutions

Figure: Factors Influencing Use/Adoption of Networked Storage

Future Outlook

Investment in Storage Initiatives in the Next 12 Months

Figure: Investment in Storage Initiatives in the Next 12 Months

Current Adoption of Storage Area Network

Figure: Current Adoption of Storage Area Network

Current Adoption of Network-Attached Storage

Figure: Current Adoption of Network-Attached Storage

Canadian Disk Storage Revenue by Channel

Figure: Canadian Disk Storage Revenue by Channel

Influence over IT Purchasing Decisions

Table: Top 5 Influences over IT Purchasing Decisions by Company Size

Essential Guidance

Actions to Consider

Promoting the Benefits of Server Virtualization

Networked Storage Offers More Than Customer Think

Influencing the Infrastructure Hardware Purchasing Decisions

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