Redefining the Economics of Storage

In October 2012, IDC published a business value research paper on the financial benefits for users that converted from legacy to Dell storage arrays. Ten companies in the United States and Western Europe were interviewed in depth to discover the impact on infrastructure costs, administrative overhead, and user productivity. The results were aggregated to provide an average return on investment (ROI) and payback period for the sample. IDC has therefore proved that Dell's approach to storage offers a material financial advantage for users. On average, the break-even payback point was reached six months after deployment, with an average return on investment of nearly 400%.