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Users want more from the data center but reducing cost is a goal

Survey finds IT doing more for less
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Users want more from the data center but reducing cost is a goal

Deni Connor By Deni Connor
Doing more for less was the mantra of respondents to Symantec's second annual State of the Data Center report. A full 75% of respondents said that user expectations were gradually increasing, while 62% said meeting service-level agreements was getting more difficult. Read full story

Deni Connor is principal analyst for Storage Strategies NOW.

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