In today's unpredictable business environment, IT organizations are faced with a difficult challenge: Their budgets are either shrinking, or, at best, growing at a modest pace, while user demands on their services and infrastructure are skyrocketing.
One of the big-ticket items is storage. According to a recent Merrill Lynch survey of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in the United States and European Union, storage is their No. 1 spending priority. CIO Magazine reports that 22 percent of IT budgets are allocated to storage.
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