Mobile computing, virtualization, cloud increase data center complexity — Symantec
October 29, 2012
Internet security firm Symantec has announced that 79 percent of organizations globally report increasing complexity in the data center, according to the results of its 2012 State of the Data Center Survey.
While the cause of data center complexity stems from a variety of factors, respondents identified implementing an information governance strategy as the main initiative organizations are taking to address data center growing pains.
The findings emphasized the importance of taking steps to intelligently manage organizational resources to rein in operational costs and control information growth…
“Businesses in the Philippines today are generating more information and introducing new technologies into the data center. These changes can either work to their advantage, expediting growth, or they could hold these organizations back,” said Luichi Robles, senior country manager of Symantec Philippines.
“The end result is up to the organizations – through the implementation of controls such as standardization or establishing an information governance strategy, organization can meet the challenges head on to keep information from becoming a liability.” According to the survey, data center complexity impacts all areas of computing, most notably security and infrastructure, as well as disaster recovery, storage, and compliance…
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