Bangalore: According to a new research from IBM most of the data centers installed are not upto the standards and aren’t running very efficiently.

The company conducted a study on 300 data centers and found that only 1 in 5 data centers are working efficiently giving maximum output. Furthermore, the study revealed that 80 percent of the 300 CIOs and IT leaders were found to be behind in making the most of their IT investments reports Rachel King in zdnet.com

Steve Sams, vice president of global site and facilities services for IBM, posted on IBM’s blog that “less efficient data centers and organizations are at a crossroads where they must determine if they’ll take the next step to modernization or operate at their current status.”

Sams further said that “lack an overall strategic plan to optimize their data center and create opportunity to invest in new projects.” At least 79 percent of the organizations surveyed fell in with this category.

The study found that these companies are two times less likely to adopt new technologies, and most of them are dedicating approximately 65 percent of their resources on maintaining existing IT infrastructure — leaving less room for innovation.

Overall, researchers warned that an inefficient infrastructure makes it impossible to invest in the future of the company.

Sams did have praise for 21 percent of data centers that were ranked “highly efficient.” Thus, there is a lesson to be learned here: Those IT leaders who received an ‘A’ on their data center report card are reaping the benefits that efficiency brings back to the business. These optimized companies are able to spend 50 percent more of their IT budget on new projects and innovation to make their organizations more successful.