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ESG Research Report: The Shift Toward Data Protection Appliances
ESG Research Report
Mar 31, 2015
In order to accurately assess organizations’ preferences toward data protection appliances—those devices (physical or virtual) that were specifically designed to deliver or enhance data protection scenarios—ESG surveyed 299 IT professionals representing midmarket organizations (defined as organizations with 100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class organizations (defined as organizations with 1,000 or more employees) in North America. All respondents were responsible for data protection technology purchase decisions at their organizations.
Page Count: 28
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Report Conclusions
Introduction
Research Objectives
Research Findings
Disk Employed as Part of Most Data Protection Strategies
The Data Protection Appliance (DPA) Landscape
Definitions of the Four Data Protection Appliance Categories
Backup Appliance (BA) Usage Trends
Deduplicated Storage Appliance (SA) Usage Trends
The Backup versus Storage Appliance Debate
Cloud Gateway Appliance (GA) Usage Trends
BC/DR or Failover Appliances (FA)
Virtual Appliances
Considerations for Using Alternative Media in Conjunction with Data Protection Appliances
Which Appliance Type Would Data Protection Professionals Recommend?
Conclusion
Research Implications for Vendors
Research Implications for Data Protection Professionals
In order to assess IT spending priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 601 IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America and Western…