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Accelerate AI and automation with allflash object storage
Spending for AI and automation is on the rise , and 77 % of businesses report on-premises all-flash object storage is essential for successful Digital Transformation .
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D automation and Artificial Intelligence demand highperformance and massive capacity storage . In turn , this is driving adoption of on-premises all-flash object storage to provide customers ’ top need – comprehensive data protection at scale .
That ’ s according to a new research paper from Enterprise Strategy Group and Scality , the object storage pioneer .
ESG ’ s prior research found that AI / ML and analytics are the business differentiators IT needs . Accordingly , 64 % of IT decisionmakers using AI / ML expect to increase spending in 2021 .
To meet the AI challenge , the report finds that IT leaders are transitioning their data storage ecosystems to run on all-flash object storage , encroaching on the territory of traditional primary storage solutions .
All-flash object storage powers the heavy workloads necessitated by these initiatives by quickly giving access to large volumes of unstructured data . game-changing technology in their on-prem storage environment .
• Similarly , among organisations using or interested in all-flash object storage , 77 % say new workloads or initiatives are driving demand for it .
Rapid adoption has already begun :
• 95 % of respondents are using flash storage within all or part of their object storage environments ; 23 % say they already have an all-flash object storage solution .
• 87 % of respondents at organisations not using all-flash object storage today expect to evaluate an on-premises all-flash object storage solution within the next 12 months .
• 57 % of respondents ranked data protection and reliability as a highly important attribute of all-flash object storage solutions ; 23 % ranked performance as a top attribute . ◊
The most significant all-flash object storage benefits include accelerating AI / ML environments , empowering business intelligence / analytics , increasing infrastructure performance and utilisation , and improved application development .
The report finds :
• 77 % of IT professionals at organisations currently using all-flash object storage say the technology has had a high impact or has been a
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