Table of Contents IDC Opinion In This Study Situation Overview
Strong Current Mid-Market Interest in Acquiring Servers
Figure: Current Mid-Market Technology Priorities
Figure: Current Server Consolidation/Virtualization Adoption in Canadian Mid-Market
Figure: Canadian Mid-Market Perceptions
Smaller Firms Tend to Lag in IT Asset Optimization
Figure: Smaller Firms Tend to Lag in IT Asset Optimization
Figure: IT Asset Optimization
Server Virtualization and Consolidation Efforts Reflect Late Adopter Behaviour
Figure: Consolidation Efforts of Mid-Market Firms
Figure: Consolidation Through Server Virtualization in Early Stages
Figure: Peers a Strong Influence Affecting Medium Firms' Interest in Virtualization FUTURE Outlook
IDC Canada Expects SMB Investment in Servers to Continue to Grow
Figure: Server Spending CAGR Growth by Company Size (2007-11)
Figure: Future Consideration Growing ? 100-999 employees
Figure: Server Consolidation/Virtualization Future Adoption
Server Consolidation and Virtualization will Struggle to Gain Mass Appeal in Mid-Market
Figure: Servers in Use by Size of Firm ? Mean
Figure: Reasons Why A Server Virtualization Solution is Not Used
Figure: Lack of Staffing Resources a Top Adoption Barrier
Figure: IT Staffing of Mid-Market Firms Essential Guidance
Vendors Selling Server Consolidation and Virtualization Need to be Selective Learn More
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