Departments 'not happy with sharing servers'

News Article - 23 May 2012
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Efforts to pursue server consolidation projects are being obstructed by departments within companies which are not keen on the idea of sharing computer capacity, a report has claimed.

A study of IT managers from consultancy firm Morse showed that about 60 per cent of respondents did not share IT capacity, with more than half stating their main reason as being other departments' unwillingness to give up total control of their servers, IT Week reports.

One-third of those questioned said they believed there was little to be saved by sharing resources with other departments.

Scott Reynolds, a consultant at Morse, said: "Firms end up with each application running on dedicated servers and storage which creates additional pressure in terms of operational costs, space and energy."

In addition, the survey found that roughly half of IT managers would allow the purchase of equipment on a department by department basis without the IT specialists' control, while 13 per cent would let a department buy its own equipment from its own budget.

"Separate budgets may deliver some flexibility but it doesn't address the underlying problem of widespread inefficiency," Mr Reynolds added.

Meanwhile, a study by Datamonitor has shown that firms intend to boost their IT spending by 11 per cent during 2007.

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