Just two points: a) is it surprising that Rackspace sponsors "no more servers" survey? b) if people make mistakes in capacity planning of their servers -- this appears to be a planing mistake, they might very well repeat in in the cloud world as well.
STOCKLEY PARK, ENGLAND, November 19, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/:
Rackspace Hosting, the world's leader in hosting and cloud computing, has announced the results of its latest survey, which highlights the growing problem of businesses struggling to cope with the demands of managing their own servers. More than half of the businesses surveyed responded that they would 'love to never have to buy another server again.'
...The study, conducted by LoudHouse on behalf of Rackspace, investigated the views of more than 441 IT managers at mid-size enterprises and revealed that approximately one third of their IT staff's time is spent on server management, which is liable to limit their ability to focus on strategic initiatives that could benefit the business. Fifty eight percent of respondents cited the 'hassle of managing servers' as a challenge for their organization, while 61% of IT managers said 'time to drive innovation' was a challenge.
Additionally, on-site servers were seen to also cause 'server stress' for IT managers, who cited 'the need to be available 24x7', 'hardware issues and maintenance', and 'after-hours calls and issues' as the top three server management issues. The survey also found that 51% of respondents have made mistakes in their server capacity planning. Fifteen percent have bought too many servers and 36% have failed to buy enough. This leaves businesses exposed to the risks of financial waste and the inability to cope with user demand by not getting server spending right the first time. [link]
posted by: gqpartner
To be honest, this survey sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy to me.
Posted by: Rene | 11/24/2009 at 10:01 PM