SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, 13 July, 2009 - According to a
recent survey, the majority of UK businesses are not employing data
deduplication despite its clear benefits.
91% of the 105 IT resellers surveyed recently by Acronis state
that less than half of their customers are employing deduplication,
with two thirds (62%) stating that the minority (under 10%) of
their customers are using the technology.
A third see the cost of deduplication as the biggest barrier to
entry, while nearly 100% of those questioned (98%) stated that if
deduplication was affordable then their customers would invest in
it, highlighting the misconception surrounding the affordability of
deduplication solutions.
Kevin Moreau, general manager of Acronis UK & Ireland, said:
"Data deduplication is currently a hot topic in the storage
industry, but many customers feel like it is out of their reach. It
can cut storage requirements by up to 90% by eliminating replicate
files or identical blocks of data, therefore dramatically reducing
costs. However, deduplication is often perceived as an expensive
technology to adopt and implement, reserved for large organisations
and usually requiring additional hardware."
With over a third of partners stating that their customers do
not know enough about deduplication to deploy the technology, there
is also a clear need for the market to educate end users about the
cost, and storage savings it can bring to an organisation. In
addition, deduplication can save network bandwidth as the amount of
data transferred over a network to a target storage location can be
cut by 10 to 20 times - especially relevant to SMBs who sometimes
have limited bandwidth.
Acronis has recently launched Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, a
portfolio of disaster recovery products with modular software
deduplication offered at one of the industry's lowest price points.
It offers data deduplication without the need to purchase
additional hardware, allowing SMBs access to the technology.
This survey was taken from a sample of 105 IT Resellers in
May 2009
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.