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Data Center Changes Come Slow and Steady

Data center Server, Virtualization Budgets for 2014 Budgets are flattening as the number of organizations increasing spending dropped from 45% in 2013. For this year, 32% see an increase, 26% a decrease and 46% say it will remain the same. Top Server, Virtualization Projects Server hardware still dominates the IT agenda: standardization/consolidation/refresh: 60%; private cloud: […]

Written By: Michael Vizard

Dec 17, 2013

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Server, Virtualization Budgets for 2014

Budgets are flattening as the number of organizations increasing spending dropped from 45% in 2013. For this year, 32% see an increase, 26% a decrease and 46% say it will remain the same.

Top Server, Virtualization Projects

Server hardware still dominates the IT agenda: standardization/consolidation/refresh: 60%; private cloud: 15%; cloud virtualization infrastructure: 14%.

Server, Virtualization: Main Pain Points

IT organizations appear to have most issues under control: cost/budget: 16%; virtual machine monitoring: 12%; storage issues: 12%; infrastructure management: 12%; insufficient resources: 11%.

IT Teams Evolve

Almost half (47%) report major changes to the IT team in last 12 months: reorganized: 40%; integrated teams: 27%; staff reduction: 21%; increased staff and responsibility: 7%; outsourced: 4%.

Server, Virtualization Team Measurements

Agility is becoming an increasingly important performance indicator: time to provision: 22%; time to resolution: 21%; uptime: 17%; servers managed per full-time employee: 16%; availability: 8%; service-level agreements: 7%.

Server, Virtualization Hardware Tech Not Planning to Implement

It takes many years for emerging technologies to gain acceptance in the data center: microservers: 94%; cloud appliance: 81%; data/business analytics appliance: 71%; converged infrastructure: 66%; unified computing: 58%; database and data warehouse appliance: 56%; solid-state disk or flash memory: 52%.

Server, Virtualization Software Tech Not Planning to Implement

Advanced management capabilities are still a tough sell: policy-based service management: 80%; pay-per-use accounting (chargeback): 74%; assured-availability management software: 72%; policy-based provisioning: 69%; root-cause analysis: 62%.

Key Areas Server, Virtualization Spending Will Increase in 2014

Software spending is starting to move ahead of hardware: x86 hypervisor software: 41%; Linux: 32%; x86 blade servers: 30%; unified computing: 21%; converged infrastructure: 20%.

Michael Vizard

Michael Vizard is a seasoned IT journalist, with nearly 30 years of experience writing and editing about enterprise IT issues. He is a writer for publications including Programmableweb, IT Business Edge, CIOinsight, Channel Insider and UBM Tech. He formerly was editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, where he launched the company’s custom content division, and has also served as editor in chief for CRN and InfoWorld. He also has held editorial positions at PC Week, Computerworld and Digital Review.

Data Center Changes Come Slow and Steady

Michael Vizard

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