Thursday, 9 October 2008

Data De-dup the Answer to Storage Blues?

Research by Storage Expo has found that 62% of companies use De-duplication to increase efficiency, reduce storage requirements and costs with an estimated 27% intending to jump on the de-duplication bandwagon within the next 12 months.

"Data De-duplication is a relatively new method of reducing storage needs and boosting efficiency by eliminating the inherent data redundancies that exist in many traditional storage and data protection processes, such as backup. Heralded as one of the most exciting technologies in the storage market De-duplication has left organizations very excited about its possibilities," said Natalie Booth, Event Manager for Storage Expo 2008.

However, the study also highlighted a cool 4% that has no intentions to implement this technology with another 6% claiming that De-duplication was not delivering what they expected.

"Data De-duplication has emerged as one of the most talked about technologies in storage, and IT departments are actually embracing it, suggesting that De-duplication can provide real value and return on investment to businesses that deploy it," said Simon Robinson, Research Director, The 451Group.

Storage Expo is the UK's definitive data storage and information management event. On its 8th run, the event is taking place at Olympia, London from 15-16 October 2008.