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2006 European Storage SurveyProduct Type: Market Research ReportPublished by: IDC Published: January 2007 Product Code: R104-29343 Description
This document offers data and analysis of IDC's 2006 European storage survey, which was conducted by telephone during the fourth calendar quarter of 2006. 504 end users were surveyed in the U.K./Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the Nordics. All respondents were either directly involved in storage purchasing or had some type of influence over storage purchases. "IDC's European storage survey has been conducted consecutively for five years and again in 2006 the vast majority of respondents either predict same size storage budgets, if not increased budgets," said Claus Egge, program director, European Storage research. "Customers have a real demand for many of the exciting developments in storage. The industry's challenge is to understand what they need and to take customers through successful implementation." Among other things, the 2006 survey was intended to: Explore attitudes to past and future investments in storage Determine end-user adoption of networked storage Explore key drivers for storage and priorities of storage customers Look at disk being used in data protection Explore customer attitudes towards industry when learning and selecting new solutionsTable of Contents Table of Contents IDC Opinion In This Study Methodology Definitions Situation Overview Storage Spending Figure: Storage Spending Past 12 Months Figure: Storage Spending Next 12 Months Figure: Storage Spending Next 12 Months Over Last Five Years Figure: Storage Spending Last 12 Months Over Last Four Years Country Outlook Table: Next 12 Months' Storage Spending by Country Figure: Storage Spending Next 12 Months by Country Company Size Table: Next 12 Months' Storage Spending by Size of Company Figure: Storage Spending Next 12 Months by Number of Employees Spending Increase Quantified Figure: Storage Spending Next 12 Months by How Much Last Year Compared With Next Year's Expectations Figure: Comparing Past Year Spending With Next Year Application Driving Storage Top 3 Applications Driving Storage Spending Table: Storage Spending by Application Type Figure: Storage Spending by Application Type Top 3 Storage Priorities Table: Top 3 Storage Priorities Figure: Top 3 Storage Priorities Table: Top 3 Storage Priorities by Size of Company Networked Storage Trends Table: How Many Separate SANs Do You Have Installed in Your Organization? Figure: SAN Adoption, 2003-?2005 Table: How Many Separate SANs Do You Have Installed in Your Organization? Figure: SAN Adoption by Company Size Table: SAN Adoption by Country Figure: SAN Adoption by Country and Year Table: Top Priorities Relating to SAN Spending Figure: Top Priorities Relating to SAN Spending Table: How Many NAS Devices Do You Have Installed? Figure: How Many NAS Devices Do You Have Installed? Table: Primary NAS Usage Figure: NAS Usage Technology Adoption Table: Storage Technology Adoption Stages Figure: Storage Technology Adoption Stages Table: Most Important Features Related to Storage Virtualization Figure: Most Important Features Related to Storage Virtualization Figure: Blade Server Adoption Figure: Hard Disk Drive Usage Figure: Reasons for NOT Adopting Capacity Optimized HDDs Figure: Applications Best Suited for Capacity Optimized Drives Network Convergence Figure: Network Convergence Data Protection Table: Amount Disk Space Used for Backup/Protection Figure: Amount Disk Space Used for Backup/Protection Table: Amount Disk Space Used for Which Applications Figure: Amount Disk Space Used for Which Applications Storage Outages Figure: Cause of Storage Downtime Pre-Sales Behavior of Storage Customers Most Trusted Information Sources Figure: Trusted Source of Information Supplier Pre-Sales Information Figure: Provider Information Provision Efficiency Storage Hardware Supplier Selection Criteria Figure: Vendor Selection Criteria Storage Supplier Type Figure: Storage Supplier Preference Future Outlook Essential Guidance Appendix General information IT and Storage Spending Storage Environments New Technology Data Protection Pre-Sales Information Learn More Related Research Synopsis |
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