WAITING on technology to deliver information leads to loss of productivity, a recent survey by Nimble Storage Inc. revealed.
The predictive flash storage-solutions company said its commissioned research found that delays in propagating and refreshing application data—the app-data gap—can cause significant productivity drains and economic losses.
According to Nimble Storage, based on a calculation derived from the survey results, more than half (57 percent) of workers polled “believe that more than 10 percent of their workday is wasted waiting on technology to deliver the information they need.”
Nimble Storage said the research surveyed nearly 3,000 information-technology (IT) professionals and business application users based in Australia, Germany, Southeast Asia, the UK and the US. Nearly two-thirds of all respondents and 75 percent of Southeast Asian respondents reported that the speed of applications they use significantly impacts their ability to perform their best in the workplace.
“IT professionals, however, may not realize the magnitude of the problems residing within their own companies, allowing the small delays from the app-data gap to add up to big headaches,” the San Jose, California, US-headquartered firm said.
Nimble Storage said that, while half of Southeast Asian business users say they avoid using some software applications at work because they run too slowly, only 18 percent of IT professionals think their users are either unsatisfied or very unsatisfied with the way software systems work at their companies.
Respondents from Southeast Asia are one of the most demanding regions of their technology infrastructures, with 73 percent agreeing that the speed of applications they use significantly affects their ability to perform their best.
Nimble Storage revealed that 50 percent of total respondents avoid using certain applications at work because they run too slowly.
“Close to nine in 10 [88 percent] of respondents said they are less tolerant of delays than they were five years ago.”