
Much of that cost cutting appears to be targeted at the data centre, with 95 per cent implementing, or planning to implement, consolidation projects. Some 91 per cent also said that they would be deploying some form of virtualisation technology.
"CIOs who approach data centre transformation initiatives with a focus on business needs can significantly reduce time-to-value for today's technology investments while laying the foundation for future growth," said John Bennett, worldwide director of data centre transformation solutions at HP.
Twenty per cent of respondents said that they would initiate a complete transformation of their datacentre, while the remaining 80 per cent plan to implement tactical transformation projects outside a formal data centre plan.