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Sometimes in IT, innovations arise that, in hindsight, aren’t all that innovative. A new capability will often receive attention and consideration for a while before a competing vendor inevitably claims its product “has been providing that same capability for years.” In some cases, features that initially appeared to be true technology differentiators eventually devolve into commodity-level expectations. In the realm of data protection, it helps to first focus on what you really need to solve—and then express your value creation, differentiation, and potential innovation within that focused context. As data protection evolves into data preservation, data availability, and data management, you will reap the most benefits by maintaining focus on The Five “Cs” of Data Protection.
In order to assess IT spending priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 633 IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America and Western…