http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Report-Virtualization-Sector-to-Grow-43-Percent-in-2009/
Despite the recession, global revenue from the sector will surpass $2.7 billion by the end of the year. The biggest market driver? Enterprises' need to reduce the total cost of ownership of its IT systems; green IT is a welcome byproduct.
ZDE Report Validates Storage Sector as Healthiest in IT
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Data-Storage/ZDE-Report-Validates-Storage-Sector-as-Healthiest-in-IT/
Eighty-nine percent of storage survey respondents report that they will either maintain or increase their storage purchasing in 2009. There is reason for most of the storage business to remain confident looking ahead to next year -- despite the free-falls in other sectors of the economy.
Ziff Davis Enterprise, publisher of eWEEK, reported survey results indicating that the data storage sector of IT generally remains unblemished by the economic downturn that is zapping most of the U.S. and world economy.
The survey and analysis for the new report, "Outlook for the 2009 Storage Market: An Online Survey of Ziff Davis Enterprise Storage Buyers," provided a validation of sorts for what eWEEK has been reporting in the last few months since the Wall Street and mortgage banking implosion caused the stock market to drop in precipitous fashion at the end of the third quarter.
View the results of the survey here. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Data-Storage/Slideshow-ZDE-Report-Validates-Storage-Sector-as-Healthiest-in-IT/
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