CXO Research: Legacy Technology and Lack of Skills Hindering Digital Transformation and IT Modernization
Summary
Moreover, almost every company admitted to experiencing downtime, with 1 out of every 10 servers having unexpected outages each year — problems that last for hours and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars – and this points to an urgent need to modernize data protection and focus on business continuity to enable DX. Due to DX, it’s important to always look at the ever-changing IT landscape to see where businesses stand on their solutions, challenges and goals,” said Danny Allan, CTO and SVP of Product Strategy at Veeam. Legacy tools designed to back up on-premises file shares and applications cannot succeed in the hybrid/multi-cloud world and are costing companies time and resources while also putting their data at risk,” added Allan. Data protection can no longer be tied to on-premises, physically-dedicated environments and companies must have flexible licensing options to easily move to a hybrid/multi cloud environment.” Other highlights of the Veeam 2020 Data Protection Trends Report include: About the Report Veeam commissioned Vanson Bourne, a leading technology sector research partner, to conduct a comprehensive online survey of 1,550 randomly selected business leaders and ITDMs across 22 different countries, in early 2020. The countries surveyed include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, UK and the USA.