User Survey Analysis: Financial Crisis Has Minimal Impact on Storage Purchase Decisions of Midsize Enterprises in Asia/Pacific, 2009

ID Number: G00172084

2 November 2009

Jimmie Chang Suzie Low

Gartner's 2009 user survey of midsize enterprises shows how enterprises in Australia, China and India respond to the financial crisis when implementing storage projects, establishing storage strategies and evaluating storage vendors in 2009.

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Table of Contents

Key Findings and Recommendations

		Key Findings
		Recommendations

Introduction and Survey Objectives

Methodology Statement

Gartner Recommendations Based on Findings

		2009 Storage Budget
		Cost Reduction Plans
		Storage Vendor Selection and Evaluation Strategies
		Status of 2009 IT and Storage Projects
		Storage Priorities

Survey Demographics

Methodology

Recommended Reading

List of Figures

	Figure 1.	Expected Changes in Storage Hardware Budgets From 2008 to 2009

	Figure 2.	Impact of Economic Crisis on IT Staffing Strategies

	Figure 3.	Impact of Economic Crisis on IT Hardware Suppliers

	Figure 4.	Storage Vendor Evaluation Strategies in 2009

	Figure 5.	Single Attribute That Would Most Likely Cause Switch of Storage Vendor in 2009

	Figure 6.	Status of Storage Projects Planned for 2009

	Figure 7.	Priority of 2009 Storage Strategies Ranked by Sum of "5," "6" and "7" Ratings

	Figure 8.	Survey Respondents by Location of Primary Workplace

	Figure 9.	Respondents by Company Size at Primary Workplace Location

	Figure 10.	Respondents by Vertical Industry

Storage Hardware
IT Spending
IT Asset Evaluation and Selection
Small and Midsize Business Marketplace

Storage Worldwide
Small and Medium Businesses Market Strategies
Computers and Printers Asia/Pacific

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