Flash storage adoption is on the rise in UK

A new survey carried out by data management company NetApp reveals the trends in flash storage adoption throughout various industries in the UK.

The legal industry is currently leading the way, with (50 percent) of respondents having already adopted it. This is followed by finance and manufacturing (both at 46 percent), education (42 percent) and IT and telecommunications (40 percent).

At the other end of the spectrum is healthcare, where nearly half (45 percent) of decision makers said they have no plans to invest in flash storage in the next 12 months. This was a view shared by 40 percent of retail participants, 31 percent of sales and a third (33 percent) of respondents from HR.

However, there is still a need for flash support within these industries, as highlighted by 47 percent of healthcare respondents saying that they need high-performance storage across multiple applications.

In terms of future growth, 27 percent of participants from architecture, engineering and building plan to adopt flash storage within the next 12 months, followed by sales, marketing and media (22 percent) and travel and transport (22 percent).

Laurence James, NEMEA Products, Alliances and Solutions manager at NetApp comments: "Our research shows that there is currently plenty of movement within the Flash market, with some industries proving to be stronger advocates of Flash than others. But the appetite is clearly there, and it’s encouraging to see growing demand even within sectors where the horse has not yet bolted such as Healthcare sector".

The survey questioned 1,002 IT decision makers in the UK, with one third of respondents representing 500+ employee enterprises across a range of industries.

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