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Consolidation, disaster recovery factors in technology adoption growth, according to a new study.

Storage virtualization is gaining traction with Fortune 1000 enterprises, according to a new study that found 35 percent currently use the technology and plan to expand their investment during the next two years. Additionally, deployment is expected to hit 50 percent by 2009 -- a 400 percent spike since in adoption since 2005, according to a new report from research firm TheInfoPro. Storage virtualization's popularity is on the rise because it is expanding beyond its initial benefit of providing storage efficiencies, said Robert Stevenson, TheInfoPro's managing director of storage research. One reason the technology is wooing buyers is thanks to its ability to reduce costs through consolidation. RELATED ARTICLES IBM Targets SMBs With Virtualization Makeover Virtualization For The Little Guy High-End Storage Heads For SMBs For more stories on this topic: "I suspect we will see a drop in the next wave as cost-cutting accelerates and staff availability is reduced to do the big upfront work," Stevenson said. "But the end-of-year planning will reveal more of the savings potential" due to virtualization. In addition to enterprises' efforts to consolidate and centralize storage, factors spurring adoption also include initiatives to boost data protection -- particularly when it comes to replication and disaster recovery, Stevenson said. "Companies want to make servers disaster-recovery-proof," Stevenson... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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