Study Publisher: Hitachi Data Systems
Study Date: September 2004
Study URL: http://www.hds.com/press_room/press_kit/gl040927.html

Study Overview:
This survey was conducted as part of the latest 'Hitachi Data Systems Storage Index', a six-monthly survey of corporate technology trends across the EMEA (Europe, Middle-East and Africa) region. A total of 840 anonymous, independently-conducted interviews were completed with corporate IT directors in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE and the UK.

Statistics From This Study:

• Concerns of companies considering the use of biometric physical access control solutions
• Most companies feel biometrics is justified, but more than a third anticipate resistance to use
• Over half of companies in the EMEA are likely to deploy biometric authentication in the future