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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 - 11:40 am EDT

Need for "Always-On" Availability is Growing

Posted by: Michelle Liro

As companies become 24x7 “always on” operating environments, they are becoming more and more sensitive to application and system downtime. We recently conducted two surveys to take a look at this trend, specifically for Windows Server applications and environments.

Given the 24x7 nature of business today, we weren’t surprised to find that about half of the IT professionals who responded to the survey reported that 50% or more of their Windows Server applications now require “always on” availability. Whether it’s for email and collaboration tools, manufacturing systems, customer operations, financial transactions, or healthcare records, businesses today are becoming more and more dependent on their Windows-based applications.

More than 20% of survey participants reported that 76 -100% of their Windows Server applications require “always on” availability. An additional 28% of respondents stated that 51 - 75% of their Windows Server applications require “always on” availability or continuous uptime.

The surveys also found that that the number of Windows Server applications that require high availability has increased significantly in the past two years. 76% of the respondents reported that downtime to Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange Server caused the most disruption and were the most important applications that required high availability protection. The surveys also revealed that approximately 60% of participants have either already upgraded to Windows Server 2008 or plan to within the next year.

Thanks again to all who participated in these surveys. For more information and results, see our press release.
 

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