Consolidation, Virtualisation, and Storage Strategies in Australia Small and

Consolidation, Virtualisation, and Storage Strategies in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Business: The Quiet Revolution

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: January 2008
Product Code: R104-32671

Description

This IDC Study looks at the usage of consolidation and virtualisation in the Australia small and medium-sized business (SMB) market, particularly with regard to server and storage consolidation, server virtualisation, and storage practices.

How do SMB IT managers increase operational efficiency from their IT systems? What options do they have to contain costs whilst meeting business demand for constantly increasing storage capacity?

"In order to deploy, maintain, and grow a broad array of services and applications, Australia SMBs must continually add new servers. However, as a consequence of purchasing more servers, SMBs are facing challenges that include rising costs, poor ROI as servers are typically underutilised, and decreasing manageability due to the higher number of servers," says Jean Marc Annonier, research manager, IT Spending, Vertical Markets and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise, IDC Australia.

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Methodology

Data Collection

Data Analysis

Market Sizes

Situation Overview

Drivers of Consolidation and Virtualisation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Table: Priorities of Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Regarding Datacentres (%)

Figure: Unused Datacentre Capacity in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Table: Challenges of Increasing Datacentre Capacity in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

Table: Measures of IT Efficiency in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

Adoption of Consolidation and Virtualisation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Table: Attitudes of Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Regarding Server Consolidation (%)

Table: Attitudes of Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Regarding Storage Consolidation (%)

Table: Overall Level of IT Consolidation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

Table: Distribution of Servers in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

Table: Level of x86 Server Virtualisation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

Table: Level of Non-x86 Server Virtualisation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

Table: Usage of x86 Server Virtualisation Software in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

Table: Usage of Non-x86 Server Virtualisation Software in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

Table: Benefits of Server Virtualisation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

Table: Management of Server Virtualisation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

Figure: Server Blade Usage in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Table: Top 3 Reasons for not Deploying Server Blades in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

Characteristics of Storage in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Figure: Current and Future Internal Storage Usage in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Figure: Current and Future External Storage Usage in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Figure: Storage Area Network Usage in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Figure: Network Attached Storage Usage in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Table: Storage-Related Issued in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Table: Usage of Three-Tier Storage Architecture in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

Table: Usage of iSCSI applications in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

Table: Factors of Wide Area Storage Network Purchase in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)

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