Research by
Storage Expohas found that 62% of companies use
deduplication techniques to increase efficiency, reduce storage
requirements and also costs.
Data deduplication is a relatively new method of reducing
storage needs and boosting efficiency by eliminating the inherent
data redundancies that exist in many traditional storage and data
protection processes, such as backup.
In the research, a further 27% intended to implement
de-duplication technology within the next 12 months. At the other
end of the spectrum, 4% do not intend to make such a move and 6%
claimed that de-duplication was not delivering what they
expected.
The technique has been heralded as one of the most exciting
technologies in the storage market. Commented Simon Robinson,
Research Director, The 451Group, “Data De-duplication has emerged
as one of the most talked about technologies in storage, and IT
departments are actually embracing it, suggesting that
De-duplication can provide real value and return on investment to
businesses that deploy it.”
At Storage Expo, Simon Robinson will be chairing a
seminar on data deduplication called ‘Reducing your Data
Footprint with De-duplication’ on 15 October at 3:45 pm.
The seminar will focus on organisations that have implemented
de-duplication technology and discussing their experiences on
whether the reality really does live up to the hype. Key challenges
addressed at the seminar will include reducing storage
requirements, increasing efficiency, reducing energy requirements
and reducing asset redundancies