February 8, 2007 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Analysis firm BroadGroup (broad-group.com) released a report on Thursday that reveals that the data center market in Australia and New Zealand is expanding significantly, but may be facing a severe shortage of quality data center space, as well as limitations of the physical infrastructure in most of the existing sites.
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The findings of the report, Data Centers: Australia and New Zealand, suggest a major requirement for investment to upgrade in the sector, but also could point to business consolidation. The report reveals that current conditions are likely to drive a renewed emphasis on server and storage consolidation and virtualization, as well as further proliferation of high-density blade technologies.
BroadGroup says the report suggests that telecommunication carriers are entering the IT services market which includes the provisioning of data centers. However, Australia and New Zealand markets are both characterized by the significant presence of IT outsourcers who dominate the top 10 data center players by size.
"As a resource, the report offers a level of detail which is invaluable for any company engaged in or investing in the data center sector in these countries," says Philip Low, managing director at BroadGroup. "These are important markets on the point of further change, with well defined niche opportunities and reflect the strategic value that data centers can now yield, evidenced in markets globally."
