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Market Trends: Storage Professional Services, North America, 2009
1 October 2009
 
Adam W. Couture  

Despite a continued sluggish economic climate, North American storage providers continue to enjoy opportunities for professional services, which will continue for the near term.




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Table of Contents


    
 What You Need to Know

    
 Key Trends

    
 Contributing Factors to Trends

    
 Analysis

    
 Report Methodology
    
 The Continuing Evolution of Storage Services

    
 2009 Storage Services Market Drivers

    
 The Browning of the Green
    
 The Economy: "Flat Is the New Up"!

    
 The Economic Impact on Hardware Maintenance

    
 Maintenance Contract Pricing Pressure
    
 TPM Opportunities and Threats
    
 Storage Professional Services Opportunity Drivers

    
 Data Deduplication
    
 Cloud Storage
    
 Server Virtualization
    
 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
    
 Managed Storage Administration
    
 Regulatory Compliance and E-Discovery
    
 Software as a Service
    
 Storage Security
    
 Managed Backup
    
 Information Life Cycle Management
    
 Green Initiatives
    
 Storage Professional Services Threats
    
 Cost Reduction
    
 Expanding Service Portfolios and Supporting Market Segments

    
 Service Portfolio Expansion
    
 The Competitive Landscape

    
 Emerging Competitors

    
 The Second-Best Competitor
    
 Findings and Recommendations

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Storage Professional Services Market Forces
 

Figure 2. 
 Impact of Economy on Storage Professional Services
 

Figure 3. 
 Reaction to Hardware Maintenance Contract Pricing Pressure
 

Figure 4. 
 Likelihood of Considering a TPM
 

Figure 5. 
 Strategies for Dealing with TPM Threats
 

Figure 6. 
 Storage Professional Services Opportunity Drivers
 

Figure 7. 
 Storage Professional Service Threats
 

Figure 8. 
 New Services
 

Figure 9. 
 Targeted Vertical Industries
 

Figure 10. 
 Competitors Frequently Encountered
 



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