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		<description><![CDATA[ Study the market forces that will create a demand for "ubiquitous storage" in commercial and consumer applications. Includes unit/revenue shipment and forecast data by vendor for a diverse range of storage technologies &#151; from rigid drives, SAN components and storage systems to software. ]]></description> 
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Research Catalog: Storage Worldwide]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Dataquest Research Catalog contains information on Gartner Dataquest research for clients of the Storage Worldwide product. Recently published research documents are listed as well as plans for upcoming research deliverables. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Research Catalog: Computers, Printers and Storage Europe]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Dataquest Research Catalog contains information on Gartner Dataquest research for clients of the Computers, Printers and Storage Europe product. Recently published research documents are listed as well as plans for upcoming research deliverables. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Quarterly Statistics: Disk Array Storage, North America]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The external controller-based storage in North America declined 11% in 2Q09 year over year. Revenue for block external controller-based storage fell 12% and network-attached storage 2%. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Quarterly Statistics: Disk Array Storage, All Regions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The external controller-based storage market shrank 16% year over year in 2Q09 worldwide. All regions registered double-digit decreases in revenue, with North America having the smallest decline (11%). Block external controller-based storage revenue fell 19%, while network-attached storage grew 4.  ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Quarterly Statistics: Disk Array Storage, All Regions, All Countries]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The external controller-based storage market declined 16% year over year in 2Q09 worldwide. Block external controller-based storage revenue fell 19%, while network-attached storage grew 4%. EMC retained its lead, with 24% market share. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Quarterly Statistics: Disk Array Storage, Regional Vertical Industries, All Regions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The top five vertical industries, namely, financial services, communications, discrete manufacturing, services and government (national and local,  accounted for 63% of the total disk array storage market revenue worldwide in 4Q08. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Trends: Storage Management Software Revenue Reduced by Lower Storage Hardware Sales, Worldwide, 2008-2013, 3Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner estimates the impact of the worldwide economic crisis will reduce 2009 storage management software revenue spending by 4.0% to $11.2 billion. This in turn lowers the five-year compound annual growth rate to 3.2%, for a total market size of $13.6 billion by 2013. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Trends: Servers, Japan, 1H09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This document analyzes the Japanese server market in the first half of 2009. It presents key trends in the market and examines the performance of the top-five vendors within the context of a difficult economic climate. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Trends: EMEA Server Market Remained Down in 2Q09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This report looks at the market performance of the server market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the second quarter of 2009. It presents the key trends and changing market dynamics in the region. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Trends: Storage Professional Services, North America, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Despite a continued sluggish economic climate, North American storage providers continue to enjoy opportunities for professional services, which will continue for the near term. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Companies Are Extending Useful Life of Storage Arrays and Considering Third-Party Maintainers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner interaction with North American companies indicates they will extend storage array lives and are more open to third-party maintainers. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: 1Q09 and 2Q09 HDD Shipment and Inventory Changes Reflect the Beginning of the End of a Ruinous Cycle]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ After a disastrous, "abnormal" decline in demand for hard-disk drives during 4Q08, we expected to see a seasonally "normal" downturn in demand during 1Q09, and we saw it. But we did not expect to see dramatic surges in demand in 2Q09 coupled with unprecedented inventory control in March and June.  ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Cloud-Based Server Backup Services, 2Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Although still an immature market, cloud-based server backup is growing rapidly, with providers reporting double-digit growth. It is being fueled by a variety of infrastructure, regulatory and budget factors. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Disk Storage Market, China, 2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Despite the economic downturn, the external disk array market in mainland China still grew robustly in 2008, even in the third and fourth quarters. This report provides information about the revenue and market trends of external disk storage in China.  ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Trends: Storage Management Software, Worldwide, 2008-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner estimates the impact of the worldwide economic crisis to slightly reduce 2009 storage management software revenue growth to $11.7 billion, which in turn lowers the five-year compound annual growth rate to 4.9%, for a total market size of $15.0 billion by 2013. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Evolving Market Dynamics for E-Mail Archiving SaaS]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Recent interviews with providers of e-mail archiving software as a service in North America reveal powerful shifts in market dynamics that should change how these companies position, market and sell their services. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast Analysis: Servers, Worldwide, 2007-2014]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Worldwide server market revenue is forecast to decline 24% in 2009 and decline 2% in 2010. This document covers the assumptions that lie behind the forecast. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Global Hard-Disk Drive Forecast Scenarios, 2009-2013, 3Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ HDD shipments increased by an unprecedented 16.6% during 2Q09 and inventory pulls were strong in July and August 2009. Gartner remains skeptical regarding the depth and extent of evolving 4Q09 holiday-season demand. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Storage Management Software Market, Worldwide, 2008-2013, 3Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The storage management software market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3.2% through 2013. Growth in 2009 will be negative 4.0%, reflecting a sluggish storage hardware sales forecast and the exchange rate impact. Archiving software will register an 18.9% CAGR through 2013. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: External Controller-Based Disk Storage, Asia/Pacific by Country, 2009-2013, 3Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The external controller-based disk storage market in Asia/Pacific is projected to hit $2.8 billion by 2013, with a compound annual growth rate of 5.1% from 2008 through 2013. It will be led by China and India with respective growth of 9.6% and 6.8%. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: External Controller-Based Disk Storage, Worldwide, 2009-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The sour U.S. and global economies have reduced IT investments. While faring better than other IT segments, the external controller-based disk storage market will experience a year-over-year revenue decline and an associated slow recovery during the 2009 through 2013 forecast period. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Short-Term Server Forecast Assumptions, Worldwide, 2009-2010, June 2009 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The worldwide server market is forecast to decline by 19% in both shipments and revenue in 2009. This document covers the short-term (12 to 24 months) assumptions that lie behind this forecast. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Granular Consumption and Production Analysis, HDD Media and Read/Write Heads, Worldwide, 2004-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ After a slight dip in 2009, a rich mix of capacity points will ensure growth in the hard-disk drive media and read/write head markets. Media shipments will expand from 767 million in 2009 to 1.3 billion in 2013. Read/write head shipments will grow to 2.4 billion in 2013, up from 1.5 billion in 2009. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Servers, Asia/Pacific, 2007-2014, June 2009 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This document presents the June 2009 iteration of Gartner's Asia/Pacific server forecast through 2014. In 2009, server revenue in Asia/Pacific will decline nearly 8.2%, reaching $7 billion, and shipments will decline 7.5%. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Trends: Servers, Asia/Pacific, 1Q09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This document analyzes the overall Asia/Pacific server market in the first quarter of 2009. It presents key trends in the region and examines the performance of the top four vendors within the context of the difficult economic climate. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Network-Attached Storage, Worldwide, 2009-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner is forecasting that the network-attached storage market will slow down from its high growth in 2008 to a slight contraction in 2009 in terms of vendor revenue. However, growth will start to pick up in 2010 and accelerate from 2011 due to fast-growing unstructured data. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Storage Management Software Market, Worldwide, 2008-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The storage management software market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.9% through 2013. 2009 growth will be a negative 0.9%, reflecting a sluggish storage hardware sales forecast and exchange rate impact. Archiving software continues to be the growth leader, with a 24.5% CAGR.  ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Data Processing Storage Media Semiconductors in HDDs, Tape Drives and ODDs, Worldwide, 2009-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This forecast details the shipments, total available markets and growth rates for hard-disk drives, tape drives and optical disk drives. By 2013, these markets will be worth $4.2 billion, $79.3 million and $3.9 billion, respectively. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: Granular Consumption and Production Analysis, HDD Media and Read/Write Heads, Worldwide, 1H09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ After dramatic declines in 4Q08 and 1Q09, hard-disk-drive shipments rebounded in 2Q09. Sequential media consumption was up 15.9%, while read/write head consumption increased 15.5% in 2Q09. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: Granular Shipment Analysis, Hard-Disk Drives, Worldwide, 1H09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ After a disastrous 4Q08, 1Q09 shipments further declined 7.7%. However, 2Q09 shipments displayed an unprecedented 16.6% sequential increase. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: Acquisitions Reshuffle Storage Service Market Leaders]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The worldwide storage service market will approach $38 billion by 2012. IBM is the dominant storage service provider in 2008 revenue. EMC, in third place, was eclipsed in 2008 by HP through the EDS acquisition. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: E-Mail Archiving Software Market, Worldwide, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The e-mail archiving software market saw continued strong growth in 2008, reaching $473 million in new license and maintenance revenue, down $58 million from the forecast a year ago, as large vendors' retooling of their offerings add to the impact of service providers and the economy. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Storage Management Software Market Share Analysis, Worldwide, 2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Archiving and backup/recovery software continued to drive strong growth for storage management software in 2008. The overall market grew at an 8.7% rate in 2008, down from 13.6% in 2007. Overall market size in 2008 was $11.6 billion. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: External Controller-Based Disk Storage, Worldwide, 2005-2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Storage consolidation associated with server virtualization projects powered external controller-based disk storage to double-digit year-over-year growth in 2008. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: Consumer and SOHO Network-Attached Storage, Worldwide, 2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ More than 1.6 million units of consumer and small office/home office NAS products shipped in 2008, with estimated user spending of more than $700 million. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: Network-Attached Storage/Unified Storage, Worldwide, 2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Worldwide vendor revenue for the network-attached storage and unified storage market increased 30% in 2008 compared with 2007 to more than $3.3 billion. The estimated pure NAS market grew 26.3% to $2.7 billion. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ SWOT: Dell, Servers, Worldwide]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This research analyzes the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Dell's server business on a worldwide level. Dell is the worldwide second-place vendor in server shipments globally. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Evolving Technologies Enhance New Generations of PC-Grade SSDs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ NAND-flash-based solid-state drives continue to decline in price, and the new generations are achieving some impressive performance and reliability specifications, but their cost and comparatively limited capacity will continue to preclude massive-volume mainstream adoption in the near term. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Gartner Surveys Over 900 Large Enterprises in Nine Countries to See How They Are Reacting to the Global Financial Crisis]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ We summarize findings from Gartner's 1Q09 large-enterprise cross-hardware survey and provide links to 11 reports that delve deeper into such topics as budget changes, project cancellations, and investment in "green IT" initiatives, virtualization and cloud computing. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Research Framework on Green Storage]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner research examines worldwide user perceptions of "green" storage, how green initiatives are weighed in storage purchasing decisions, and how green savings can be calculated. The research provides valuable information for storage vendors marketing solutions that incorporate green technologies. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: Sustainability and Green IT, Worldwide, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In December 2008, Gartner completed a survey of 626 enterprises across Europe, Asia/Pacific and the U.S., looking at their "green IT" and environmental programs and related buying behavior for 2009 and beyond. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: Storage Software Needs Driven by Deduplication, Disk-Based Backup and Retention Policies]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A survey conducted at the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations and Management Summit in June 2009 reveals data deduplication trends, tape trends, backup retention policies and archiving momentum. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: Financial Crisis Has Minimal Impact on Storage Purchase Decisions of Midsize Enterprises in Asia/Pacific, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 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.  ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Competitive Landscape: Enterprise Distributed Backup/Recovery Software Growth Driven by Virtualization and Data Reduction]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ x86 server virtualization, data deduplication and backup modernization are the key driving factors for backup/recovery software through 2013. The most growth will be from improvements in managing server virtualization, data reduction and heterogeneous storage systems. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: Midsize Enterprises Report on the Go/No-Go Status of Their 2009 Storage Projects]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Midsize enterprises in nine countries report how the economic downturn is impacting their 2009 storage projects. Which projects are going forward as planned? Which have been postponed, reduced in budget or canceled? And which few are actually seeing budget increases in 2009? ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: How Customers Evaluate and Select Storage Vendors May Surprise You]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Survey respondents from midsize and large enterprises in nine countries tell Gartner about their storage vendor evaluation strategies and what would make them switch from their incumbent storage provider to another given the current economic conditions. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Storage Vendors' Best Practices for Pricing Strategies in China]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Fierce competition makes many worldwide storage vendors, from large to emerging startups, struggle with pricing issues in China. This research outlines some best practices for creating a pricing policy to help vendors improve profitability in China.  ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: Impact of Financial Crisis on Storage Purchasing Decisions of Large Enterprises in Australia, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A Gartner survey conducted in the first quarter of 2009 showed that, in comparison with 2008, 70% of Australian respondents expect their storage hardware budget to increase or remain the same for the remainder of 2009. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: Impact of Financial Crisis on Storage Purchasing Decisions of Large Enterprises in Germany, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's latest user survey, conducted during the first quarter of 2009, showed that in Germany, 59% of respondents expect their storage hardware budget to increase or remain the same in 2009 compared with 2008. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: Impact of Financial Crisis on Storage Spending in Asia/Pacific, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's first quarter 2009 user survey shows how large enterprises in Australia, China and India are responding to the global financial crisis when implementing storage projects, establishing storage strategies and evaluating storage vendors during 2009.  ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: China Shows Little Interest in Green Storage, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Although "green storage" has been promoted by many storage vendors for years, and some governmental initiatives in 2008 made it seem like green-storage initiatives would gain traction, recent Gartner research indicates that it's still not a big concern for Chinese IT professionals. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: Green Storage Adoption Continues at Modest Levels During the Financial Crisis]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Over 80% of large-enterprise survey respondents report that  investments in "green" storage initiatives in 2009 will stay the same or increase. But with a low 2008 base and the global financial crisis intensifying scrutiny of all procurements, storage vendors must still market toward cost savings. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Storage Purchase Decisions of Enterprises in BRIC and Mature Countries, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's 1Q09 user survey reveals how large enterprises in Brazil, Russia, India and China, as well as in mature markets, are responding to the financial crisis when implementing storage projects, establishing storage strategies, and deciding how to evaluate and select storage vendors for 2009. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Global Hard-Disk Drive Forecast Scenarios, 2009-2013, 3Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ HDD shipments increased by an unprecedented 16.6% during 2Q09 and inventory pulls were strong in July and August 2009. Gartner remains skeptical regarding the depth and extent of evolving 4Q09 holiday-season demand. ]]></description>
		
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