“The State of Software-Defined, Hyperconverged and Cloud Storage” Market Survey Reveals that storage availability and avoiding vendor lock-in remain top concerns for IT professionals.
DataCore Software has announced the results of its seventh consecutive market survey, “The State of Software-Defined, Hyperconverged and Cloud Storage,” which explored the experiences of 400 IT professionals who are currently using or evaluating software-defined storage, hyperconverged, and cloud storage to solve critical data storage challenges. The results yield surprising insights from a cross-section of industries over a range of workloads, including the fact that storage availability and avoiding vendor lock-in remain top concerns for IT professionals, and illustrate the status of the industry on its journey to a software-defined future.
The report reveals what respondents view as the primary business drivers for implementing software-defined, hyperconverged, public cloud and hybrid cloud storage. For example, the top results for software-defined storage include: automate frequent or complex storage operations; simplify management of different types of storage; and extend the life of existing storage assets. This portrays the market’s recognition of the economic advantages of software-defined storage and its power to maximize IT infrastructure performance, availability, and utilization.