DISASTER RECOVERY BECOMES LIFE AND DEATH
CIO Asia Magazine ( April 2002 Issue )
The terrorist acts of September 11, 2001 "added a sense of reality and urgency [to disaster recovery planning]," said one respondent in CIO U.S.' recent survey of 320 IT Professionals. "We are now taking it much more seriously. Implementation will move up on the priority list."
The October 2001 online survey asked CIOs, vice presidents and directors of IT how their organizations had prepared for disaster, and how their IT contingency and recovery plans would change after the events of September 11. Findings show that companies will increase their investment in such plans, particularly in offsite resources such as redundant systems, backup copies of data and applications, and even backup facilities for workers. 56% of companies included in the study already had an IT contingency and disaster recovery plan in place, and 31% said they will implement one by April 2002. When asked what types of events or disasters their current recovery and contingency plan accounts for, respondents most frequently indicated server failure (79%), power outage (78%), natural disaster (78%), network failure (72%) and software viruses (64%).
Companies reported that disaster recovery accounts for 6% of their total IT budget in 2001. More than half (65%) expect their disaster recovery spending to increase in 2002. One respondent said the terrorist actions "highlighted" the issue [of disaster recovery] to upper management, which increased their commitment and willingness to spend more money on it." When asked what specifically their organization would increase spending on as a result of the attacks, respondents most frequently listed offsite redundant systems (34%), offsite data and applications backup (31%), backup facility (25%), replacement equipment (24%), remote access (23%), and virus detection (23%).
|
Copyright
2005 All rights reserved.