Users expect to spend more on data storage
Rising levels of e-mail, general data storage requirements and document management systems will drive up user spending on storage...
Of the 135 delegates questioned, 61% said they would increase IT spending over the next 12 months. Just 1% said spending would decline.
Twenty four per cent said an increase in e-mail and general IT use would trigger an increase in spending, and a further 23% said data storage and customer document management would prompt them to buy additional storage.
Forty per cent of users questioned said they would buy storage hardware in the next 12 months, 13% planned to purchase storage software products, and 13% planned to invest in business continuity products and services.