Organizations are losing the fight against the rising tide of data, and while IT vendors are reaping the rewards of throwing more storage at the problem, it’s not a long-term solution. According to the third annual InformationWeek Analytics State of Enterprise Storage Survey, the amount of actively managed storage continues to expand at around 20 percent per year, with many IT staffs dealing with growth rates exceeding 50 percent, and most data centers doubling storage capacity every two to three years. Another recent study, InformationWeek Analytics Storage and File Virtualization Survey, shows that 82 percent of respondents are using or assessing storage virtualization.
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