IT managers are fed up with buyingstoragethey do not need, with many
wasting thousands of pounds every year on unnecessary
storage.
Independent research covering 100 firms commissioned by hosting
firm
Hostway found that 44% of IT managers are unhappy they have to
buy more storage than they need.
They admitted that despite sensibly investing in extra capacity
for the future
growth of stored data, they are often forced into purchasing
storage that is superfluous.
According to the research, an average UK company has 38% of its
total storage unused and is therefore not gaining benefit from 38%
of capital expenditure on disc storage.
The research showed that 94% of IT managers invest in more
storage than they need, and with data storage requirements growing
exponentially, this could be seen as a prudent investment.
However, many IT managers feel they should not have to pay for
something that they do not immediately need.
They say they are forced to buy more storage than they need
because storage hardware is often not available in smaller, cost
effective increments.
Hostway offers on-demand storage offerings for wide area
networks.