Abstract
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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