Two-thirds of firms are using
data de-duplication to rid themselves of storage
inefficiency.
Research by this month's Storage
Expo show has found that 62% of companies use de-duplication to
increase efficiency, reduce storage requirements and also
costs.
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 join the bandwagon and 6% claimed that de-duplication
was not delivering what they expected.
Simon Robinson, research director at The 451Group, said, "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."
Natalie Booth, event manager for Storage Expo 2008 said, "Data
de-duplication 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."
Robinson will be chairing a seminar on data de-duplication
called
Reducing your Data Footprint with De-duplication at the Storage
Expo show 15 October.
Storage Expo is taking place on 15-16 October at London's
Olympia.