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Business Initiatives That Will Significantly Impact …
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Created: Wed Jul 2 20:07:34 2008
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Business Initiatives That Will Significantly Impact
Server and Storage Spending
Which of the following business initiatives do you believe will significantly impact your
organization's server and storage spending during the next 24 months? (Percent of
respondents, N=546, multiple responses accepted)
General internal business process improvement initiatives 43%
Internal pressure to reduce overall costs of doing business 42%
Corporate security / risk management initiatives 39%
Business executive demands for improved business intelligence and
33%
real-time business information
Roll-out of new applications or collaborative business processes
28%
utilizing Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis, etc.
Need to accommodate business growth via mergers, acquisitions, or
27%
organic expansion
Regulatory compliance 27%
Research and development innovation/improvement 21%
Sales and marketing programs 21%
"Green" initiatives related to reducing company-wide environmental
18%
impact
Manufacturing, distribution and/or logistics initiatives 15%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Source: ESG Research Report, Medium-Size Business Server & Storage Priorities, June 2008
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