Managing an organization’s IT infrastructure is a demanding responsibility. At all levels, IT professionals must be adaptive, strategic thinkers ready to meet current technology challenges and anticipate future demands. Service Express, a leading third-party maintenance provider of data center hardware support, surveyed more than 450 IT professionals to identify their challenges and priorities in the coming months. Our research revealed important insights, including:

• Cybersecurity is a continuing priority for IT professionals
• Off-premises server deployment will continue to grow
• Disaster recovery will be the driving factor behind off-premise deployment
• Virtualization will gradually increase over the next 5 years
• Colocations will also see significant increases in the next 5 years

We think you will find these insights useful to your organization and specifically, your data center operations. We hope this research helps you measure the performance of your current strategies and evaluate future initiatives for your data center.