Managers must carefully consider the consequences of quickly switching vendors to get the right technology.


(Computerworld) The need to control and secure a continuing explosion of data across the corporate world is forcing IT managers to constantly be on the lookout for new equipment that can handle perpetually evolving requirements.

According to analysts at Gartner Inc., there appears to have been a significant increase in corporate users looking to replace their backup systems in recent months.

"I would say that in the last year and year and a half, we've seen a big jump," said Alan Dayley, an analyst at the research firm.

In a Gartner survey of 70 IT managers last month, 66% of the respondents said that they're planning major redesigns of backup and recovery systems within 12 months, according to Dayley.

Meanwhile, in a survey of 395 IT managers by Enterprise Strategy Group Inc. (ESG), more than half of the respondents said that they have changed primary backup suppliers over the past three years............


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