Research Reports: Data Center Consolidation and Construction Trends

Published on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Categories: Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Facilities Infrastructure | Data Center Hosting | Data Center Migration | Data Center Optimization | Data Center Planning | Data Center Strategy and Best Practices | Featured Section | IT Operations | Research Reports |
Authors: Bill Lundell | Bob Laliberte | Jennifer Gahm | John McKnight |

In order to assess data center facility consolidation and construction priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 515 North American and Western European senior IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations.  All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organization’s data center strategies at either an entire organization level or at a business unit/division/branch level. The survey was designed to answer the following questions:

• How many data centers do organizations operate today? How do these numbers vary by company size and industry?
• To what extent are organizations planning to reduce/consolidate their overall number of data centers?
• How many organizations currently have new data center construction projects underway?
• Where do data center consolidation and new data center construction initiatives rank on organizations’ current list of IT priorities?
• How do data center consolidation and construction plans vary by company size class and industry?
• How do the number of existing data centers and spending mode impact data center consolidation?
• What role will outsourcing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) models play in data center consolidation plans?
• What is the impact of consolidation efforts and corporate risk tolerance on new data center construction?
• What are the greatest factors influencing new data center construction?

Survey participants represented a wide range of industries including manufacturing, financial services, communications and media, health care, retail, government, and business services. For more information on the contents and findings of this 24-page report, please download the executive summary below. ESG Research Report Data Center Consolidation and Construction Trends Executive Summary

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Tags: enterprise, IaaS, midmarket, SaaS

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