Strategic Benchmarks 2014: Data Center Strategy

May 29th, 2014

Sophia I. Vargas

Richard Fichera

With contributors:

Laura Koetzle , Michelle Mai

Summary

Today, infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals have the freedom to select from an ever-expanding buffet of data center tools, technologies, and sourcing options. I&O leaders must investigate these emerging opportunities in concert with refresh strategies with the goal to improve quality of service with minimal changes to overall spend. This benchmark report provides I&O professionals with the data center facility budget allocations, sourcing strategies, and emerging technology adoption trends of your peers. The data is powered by Forrester's Forrsights Hardware Survey, Q3 2013, fielded to 2,330 technology decision-makers located in Europe and North America. I&O executives should use this data — along with Forrester's IT infrastructure playbook — to discover, plan, act on, and optimize your data center strategy.

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