Chuck Brinkley IBM Storage Specialist at CDW shared his insights about the drivers of storage systems purchases. Trends statistics were at times predictable but most often surprising. Share this at your next wine and cheese social:

• By 2020 globally we will be well over 25 zeta-bytes of data world wide – Wow!

So what does a zeta-byte look like? (comparison chart to be published next week.)

For business, Brinkley goes on to say that when it comes to the need for storage capacity the main drivers vary by size of company out of 11 possible drivers:

• Large companies (>1,000 employees) the drivers are:

1. “Need for new capacity”
2. “Better virtualization capabilities”
3. Tied – “Better backup/recovery” and “Greater scalability”

• Medium-sized companies (100 -999 employees) drivers include:

1. “Need for new capacity”
2. “Better backup/recovery”
3. “Better virtualization capabilities”

• Small companies (<100 employees) drivers include:

1. “Need for new capacity”
2. “Better performance / reliability”
3. “Better backup/recovery”

Virtualization or online storage “cloud computing” comes into play as companies grow beyond 100 employees – A critical consideration as you grow your business.

Virtualization is now one of the top 2 to 3 drivers for larger corporations when making content management decisions – essentially non-existent five years ago.

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Jordan Zornes – Editor & Senior Analyst

Victoria Hunsicker Sanko – Senior Editor

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