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Posted: Wed, April 9, 2008
Storage virtualisation market set for growthA new survey from F5 Networks, a leading supplier of application delivery networking, has revealed that enterprise interest in storage virtualisation is growing rapidly, with the number of firms using the technology set to double, from 21 per cent to 47 per cent in the next few years.F5 found that the primary driver for enterprise interest in storage virtualisation is reduction of operating expenses and capital investments. Respondents indicated that 20 per cent of IT labour costs, on average, go on storage-related activities, such as backup and moving data. "This study confirms what our customers and partners are experiencing on the street," said Nigel Burmeister, director of product marketing at F5. "IT managers have moved beyond early exploration, and are now achieving real benefits from mainstream storage virtualisation projects." The survey also revealed it is important for organisations that their storage virtualisation solutions work with existing heterogeneous storage infrastructure, made up of different systems and standards. Interestingly, the research revealed that 28 per cent of respondents had at least a Petabyte of storage in their data centres, while eight per cent had an Exabyte or more. 
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