Businesses See Managing Data Center Complexity as Most Effective Way to Improve IT Efficiency, Avocent Survey Finds
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., September 17, 2008 –
Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ: AVCT), a global leader in IT Operations
Management, today revealed results of an independent survey that showed
companies seek better visibility into their data center operations to
help mitigate business continuity challenges, better manage virtualized
systems and applications, and control power consumption and overall
complexity.
The survey was conducted in spring 2008 by Actionable Research, Inc.
for Avocent and polled 299 executives and IT managers in the U.S. in
industries from manufacturing, high technology, retail, banking,
healthcare, education and government, asking them what they found to be
the top challenges in aligning IT with business objectives.
“Our survey confirms that businesses are indeed challenged most by
the need to effectively manage the increased complexity in today’s data
centers, while at the same time keeping networks running smoothly, and
power consumption costs down,” said Ben Grimes, Avocent CTO and vice
president of corporate strategy. “The findings further tell us that
many administrators lack the tools they need to properly manage power
usage in data centers – only 55% say they can monitor power usage
today, and even then it’s mostly at the UPS level. These statistics
show there’s a huge opportunity to improve overall data center
management and a strong desire to implement ‘Green IT’ solutions.”
