Transcript Number of Data Centers Worldwide, by Company

Most Important IT Priorities, by Company Size
What are your organization’s most important IT priorities over the next 12-18 months?
(Percent of respondents)
31% 35%
26% 29%
28%
15%
24%
32%
24%
30%
24%26%
23%25%
21%
16%
20%22%
19% 23%
16% 19%
18%
17%
17%
17%
17%
16%
14%16%
16%
9%
15% 18%
15%17%
12% 15%
15%
6%
10% 13%
13%
6%
11%
17%
10%
6%
Increase use of server virtualization
Information security initiatives
Data center consolidation
Upgrade network infrastructure
Improve data backup and recovery
Manage data growth
Major application deployments or upgrades
Regulatory compliance initiatives
Business continuity/disaster recovery programs
Large-scale desktop/laptop PC refresh
Major database deployments or upgrades
Desktop virtualization
Mobile workforce enablement
Improve collaboration capabilities
ECM / document management
Implement IT governance framework
Deploy unified communications / voice-over-IP (VoIP)
“Green” initiatives
Business intelligence/data warehouse initiatives
Increase use of IT outsourcing
Increase use of "cloud computing” services
New data center construction
Deploy unified computing solution
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) for application delivery
0%
5%
10%
Source: ESG Research Report: Data Center Consolidation and Construction Trends, June 2010.
© 2010 Enterprise Strategy Group
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15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Enterprise
(1,000 or
more
employees,
N=310)
Midmarket
(100 to 999
employees,
N=205)
40%