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New Research Reveals 86% of Companies Plan to Increase IT Transformation Investment Over Next Five Years
May 2019 by Datrium
Datrium announced the findings of its industry report on the
State of IT Transformation, which dives into the critical data centre challenges
confronting IT organisations, the barriers preventing them from reaching their IT
transformation goals and the steps they are taking to overhaul their IT
infrastructure to better meet the complex demands of modern applications. The
findings laid out in the report were based on the results of a survey of more than
540 IT professionals. The research results strongly suggest that although the vast
majority of IT organisations have implemented a broad variety of systems and tools
to modernise, simplify and streamline data centre operations, many are still
burdened by inefficiencies, security risks and performance gaps in their IT
infrastructure as well as the excessive time it takes to manage legacy
infrastructure.
“In today’s always-on business climate, digital transformation is key to
creating competitive advantage. However, to achieve complete digital transformation,
IT must be transformed as well. Unfortunately, for many organisations, the time,
energy and resources that should be dedicated to the execution of strategic digital
transformation initiatives are instead being wasted on running antiquated legacy
infrastructure that’s overly complex and time-intensive to manage,” said Tim
Page, CEO at Datrium. “It’s no wonder that 70 percent of businesses today are in
favour of primary and backup storage on a single platform that doesn’t require
paying extra for backup.”
Liberated by Automation, IT Would Transform Faster to Support the Always-on Business
With the exponential growth of data that organisations are producing, storing and
analysing, IT organisations are becoming increasingly overburdened by the need to
manage infrastructure that is ill-equipped for the ever-more complex data centre.
More than 87 percent of respondents stated they would spend more time on strategic
initiatives if they were able to simplify and automate routine tasks. However,
inadequate infrastructure frequently keeps this goal out of reach.
? As 41 percent of respondents identified, the time required to manage legacy
infrastructure is one of the most significant barriers preventing their companies
from reaching their IT transformation goals.
? For many respondents, the most critical challenge caused by the growth in the
volume, variety and velocity of data is the excessive amount of time spent managing
infrastructure.
? In fact, after cost savings, time savings was identified as the second most
common consideration IT organisations take into account when assessing if their
infrastructure is meeting expectations.
More Than Half of IT Pros Cite Performance Deficiency Due to Volume, Variety and
Velocity of Data
Among the various challenges caused by the exponential growth of data, application
performance deficiencies were the biggest concern for organisations, with more than
50 percent of respondents identifying this as an issue.
? 40 percent of IT professionals surveyed believe their data centre infrastructure
is either not adequately equipped, or only somewhat equipped, to manage all of their
organisation’s demanding workloads.
? Nearly one-third (28 percent) of IT professionals find it challenging to provide
adequate data security in the face of exponential data growth
? The top concern among those claiming their infrastructure cannot properly manage
their demanding workloads is that the hyperconverged systems do not scale to meet
their needs.
Despite Budget Constraints, Majority Plan to Increase Spend on IT Transformation
Cost is a major consideration for organisations when implementing IT transformation
initiatives. According to survey results, cost savings was selected by 52 percent of
respondents as the primary measurement of whether IT infrastructure is meeting the
goals that have been set for it.
When asked about barriers to achieving their IT transformation objectives, nearly
half of survey respondents (49 percent) named budget constraints as a reason.
? Although transforming IT can be a costly upfront endeavour, many organisations
also view it as an investment that will help provide longer-term cost savings.
? At 86 percent, the vast majority of respondents anticipate that their company
will increase its investment in IT transformation over the next five years.
Asked whether they would find value in having their primary and backup storage on a
single platform that doesn’t require paying extra for backup-thereby reducing IT
spend-70 percent of respondents agree that it would be valuable.
The Modern Data Centre is Becoming Increasingly Multicloud
The State of IT Transformation survey showed that the most common steps companies
have taken to modernise and transform IT are related to the implementation of cloud
in the data centre. The top three steps respondents identified were the use of
private cloud infrastructure (43 percent), public cloud infrastructure (42 percent)
and hybrid cloud (35 percent). In fact, many organisations are using multiple public
cloud providers to manage their data and transform IT.
? 42 percent of respondents operate a multicloud data centre, with 32 percent
using a combination of on-premises infrastructure and multiple public clouds, while
10 percent are only using multiple public clouds.
After cloud initiatives, the IT transformation technologies that respondents
reported having already implemented most were: virtualisation, data management
automation and hyperconverged infrastructure.
? Regarding the use of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), 56 percent of
respondents noted that their organisations already have HCI deployed in their data
centres, while an additional 18 percent are currently evaluating the technology.
? However, 34 percent of IT respondents say the HCI systems they are aware of
don’t scale to meet their needs
The complete State of IT Transformation Report is available for download at:
https://www.datrium.com/docs/Datrium-Survey-Report-2019.pdf
