Half of data centres surveyed plan 2009 cutbacks
Posted by: Coreix in Uncategorized, tags: colo, colocation, data center, data centre, hosting, serverAbout half of data centres are responding to the economic crisis by cutting their budgets an average of 15% for 2009, according to a new survey by the AFCOM Data Center Institute.
While the overall cuts were “surprising low” in the view of Jill Eckhaus, the CEO of the Association for Computer Operations Management (AFCOM), she said she doesn’t want to minimize the impact those cuts will have on the 49% of affected data centres. Eckhaus said the low number of data centres making cuts indicated their importance to the businesses. And while half are cutting, the budgets for the remainder are staying the same or going increasing. That’s important, because it wasn’t long ago when data centres “used to be known as the money pit,” she said.
Source: Computer World
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