Study to determine trends across application platforms across Europe

A multinational IT equipment and service provider

Trends related to application platforms for Microsoft or VMware stack(s) across organizations in Europe

Current and evolving platform technology needs
Understand datacentre plans and activities
Understand benefits of hyper-converged architecture after deployment
Commitment for x86 based application platforms Microsoft vs. VMware virtualization
Inhibit adoption and rollout of new platform capabilities

SGA designed and conducted interviews with 360 respondents across IT managers and above within Europe
SGA reached out to various IT decision makers using multiple approaches –professional networking sites, databases and panel providers
SGA invited potential and interested respondents to participate in the survey, based on specific qualifying questions
The questionnaire was designed in a way to ensure high level of respondent engagement
SGA deployed a multi-layered internal QC process

Our client was able to understand companies’ IT support business needs across business lines and markets
Determine level of adoption/implement platform technology and assess benefits in working with IT suppliers
Adoption level for VMware and Microsoft environments
Understand the priority levels of IT departments between modernization of datacentre systems, migration of cloud services and traditional hosting or managed services