Consolidation, Virtualisation, and Storage Strategies in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Business

The Quiet Revolution

Publication Date	January 2008
Publisher	IDC
Product Type	Report
Pages	25
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	IDC03852

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Summary

This IDC Study looks at the usage of consolidation and virtualisation in the Australia small and medium-sized business (SMB) market, particularly with regard to server and storage consolidation, server virtualisation, and storage practices.

How do SMB IT managers increase operational efficiency from their IT systems? What options do they have to contain costs whilst meeting business demand for constantly increasing storage capacity?

"In order to deploy, maintain, and grow a broad array of services and applications, Australia SMBs must continually add new servers. However, as a consequence of purchasing more servers, SMBs are facing challenges that include rising costs, poor ROI as servers are typically underutilised, and decreasing manageability due to the higher number of servers,"says Jean Marc Annonier, research manager, IT Spending, Vertical Markets and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise, IDC Australia.

Content

IDC Opinion
In This Study
- Methodology
  - Data Collection
  - Data Analysis
  - Market Sizes
Situation Overview
- Drivers of Consolidation and Virtualisation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
- Table: Priorities of Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Regarding Datacentres (%)
- Figure: Unused Datacentre Capacity in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
- Table: Challenges of Increasing Datacentre Capacity in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
- Table: Measures of IT Efficiency in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
- Adoption of Consolidation and Virtualisation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
- Table: Attitudes of Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Regarding Server Consolidation (%)
- Table: Attitudes of Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Regarding Storage Consolidation (%)
- Table: Overall Level of IT Consolidation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
- Table: Distribution of Servers in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
- Table: Level of x86 Server Virtualisation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
- Table: Level of Non-x86 Server Virtualisation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
- Table: Usage of x86 Server Virtualisation Software in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
- Table: Usage of Non-x86 Server Virtualisation Software in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
- Table: Benefits of Server Virtualisation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
- Table: Management of Server Virtualisation in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
- Figure: Server Blade Usage in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
- Table: Top 3 Reasons for not Deploying Server Blades in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
- Characteristics of Storage in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
- Figure: Current and Future Internal Storage Usage in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
- Figure: Current and Future External Storage Usage in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
- Figure: Storage Area Network Usage in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
- Figure: Network Attached Storage Usage in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
- Table: Storage-Related Issued in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
- Table: Usage of Three-Tier Storage Architecture in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
- Table: Usage of iSCSI applications in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
- Table: Factors of Wide Area Storage Network Purchase in Australia Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (%)
Future Outlook
Essential Guidance
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- Related Research
- Synopsis