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63% of Enterprise IT Pros Heading to Software-Defined Storage in Coming Year – Suse/Loudhouse

As storage is changing.

Software-defined storage (SDS) is becoming reality in the enterprise, as 95% of companies express an interest in the flexible storage approach, and nearly two-thirds – 63% – say their organization will realistically begin to adopt a SDS approach in the next 12 months.

That’s according to an international study of IT professionals commissioned and released by enterprise open source infrastructure solution provider SUSE LLC.

Companies see business and technology advantages in SDS, including:

  • Lower cost of ownership – 81% of respondents find the business case for SDS to be compelling, with 72% increasingly evaluating their storage based on TCO over time. 73% agree every business is a storage business, amplifying the connection between storage and critical business issues.
  • Higher levels of scalability – 96% of companies like the business scalability of SDS, and 95% find its time, performance, technical and cost scalability appealing.
  • Increased performance – The main benefit expected from SDS is enhanced system performance, according to more than half of respondents (52%). Other expected benefits include facilitation of modern web, mobile and bg data applications/services, reduced support/maintenance costs, support for innovation/open business models, and ease of deployment.
  • Keeping up with trending technology – More than half of respondents believe cloud adoption (54%) and big data analytics (50%) are significant trends that will accelerate the industry’s move to SDS.

Only 1 in 10 organizations currently have SDS in place
1 in 7 see their SDS use increasing in next two years

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Interest in SDS also extends to the underlying technology, as 75% of companies would consider an open source approach to their storage infrastructure. 42% are already considering open source to meet their storage needs.

It’s no secret that data will continue to grow at an astounding pace, so it’s imperative storage for that data be both scalable and affordable,” said Gerald Pfeifer, SUSE VP of products and technology programs. “This study confirms that businesses are actively seeking solutions to address this phenomenon, and SDS meets the challenge. SUSE is leading the charge by helping customers manage this data with open source storage software that scales, and with a pricing model that is extremely attractive.”

SUSE is working with the Ceph open source project to deliver storage technology that’s intelligent, scalable and leads the market in price and low-cost ownership.

About the study
The independent market research conducted by Loudhouse Research Ltd. surveyed more than 1,200 senior IT decision-makers in 11 countries across a variety of industries. All respondents work for organizations with more than 250 employees, with 56% representing companies larger than 1,000.

Study results

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