STORAGE INCENTIVES

摘要

Some areas of IT spending are relatively easy to justify because they bring a direct improvement to the bottom line, but most boards of directors have yet to see data storage in this light. For many it is seen as an IT cost and a significant one - the combined spending on data storage from Europe, the Middle East and Africa is about ￡3.4bn a year. But if you look at the drivers that are fuelling spending on storage, you start to understand the many real justifications for seeing it as an investment. Take compliance for example. A survey of 630 IT directors across EMEA - the Hitachi Data Systems Storage Index - reveals that 37% view compliance with the raft of regulations such as the Sar-banes-Oxley Act and Basel 2 as a key driver for investment in storage.