What percentage of your IT budget goes to storage?
| 17% | In 2001 |
| 22% | In 2002 |
The Rise of Network Storage
Enterprise applications generate huge amounts of data that need extra storage.
What’s driving your increased demand for storage?
| 31% | Internet applications |
| 32% CRM | |
| 33% ERP | |
| 44% Business process backup |
Although DAS remains popular, close to half of respondents listed SANs as the next storage solution they’d implement.
What’s your primary storage technology?
| 14% | Network attached storage or NAS |
| 24% | Storage area networks or SANs |
| 53% | Direct attached storage or DAS |
Respondents: 100 CIOs and IT executives. The “Managing Storage” exclusive CIO survey was administered online during February 2002. For the full survey, go to www2.cio.com/research.
