Designing the Portfolio of the Future on Software-defined Storage (SDS)
Two separate ESG research studies have identified the ongoing challenges of data growth. In one study polling IT executives on overall IT spending intentions, managing data growth was the third most commonly identified overall IT priority. In a separate investigation of storage leaders, the rapid rate of data growth was tied with data protection as the most commonly identified primary storage challenge, with six of the remaining top ten challenges; hardware costs, data protection, staff costs, running out of physical space, power and cooling costs, and device management, all classifiable as potential symptoms of data growth.