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Data centre survey from Forbes
Insights and Vertiv reveals lack
of preparedness
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J
ust 29% of data centre decision-makers
say their current facilities are meeting
their needs and just 6% say their data
centres are updated ahead of their needs.
Those were the findings included in a new
report from Forbes Insights’ research: The
Modern Date Center: How IT is adapting to
new technologies and hyperconnectivity,
which examined the results of a survey of
150 data centre executives and engineers
from various industries around the world.
The results indicate a troubling lack of
planning and preparation for today’s
evolving data ecosystem.
Martin Olsen, Vice President of Global Edge
Systems for Vertiv.
“It is clear, however, that many organisations
are lagging on that front. With that in mind,
we anticipate considerable investment and
activity among businesses trying to catch
up and get ahead of the changes.” Other
notable results from the survey:
• 92% of CIOs and CTOs say their business
will require faster download and response
times in the near future
• 63% say they have difficulty meeting
bandwidth needs at all times
• Security (45%) and bandwidth
(43%) are the two areas most in
need of upgrades
• Security (43%), backup and emergency
preparedness (33%), the ability to
implement new technologies (28%)
and bandwidth (27%) were the most
commonly identified features that will
give businesses a competitive advantage
• Respondents are bullish on self-
configuring and self-healing data centres.
A total of 24% said more than half of
their data centres will be self-configuring
by 2025 and 32% said more than half
would be self-healing. n
A closer examination of the results reveals
a stark contrast between executives and
engineers: 11% of executives say their data
centres are updated ahead of current needs
while just 1% of engineers say the same.
“As today’s data centre evolves to
incorporate enterprise, cloud and Edge
resources, thorough planning and foresight
is needed to meet organisational computing
requirements and business objectives,” said
WE ANTICIPATE
CONSIDERABLE
INVESTMENT AND
ACTIVITY AMONG
BUSINESSES
TRYING TO CATCH
UP AND GET AHEAD
OF THE CHANGES.
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