7 Must-Knows About Disaster Recovery and the Cloud
Two new studies are highlighting just how important disaster recovery -- and in particular disaster recovery in the cloud -- can be.
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According to a report by Axcient, which surveyed more than 500 VMware users and IT professionals at VMworld 2016 in August, disaster recovery and data protection are among the top strategic initiatives for IT organizations in 2016. Thirty-six percent of respondents indicated that disaster recovery was top priority for 2016.
In a separate report by CTERA, 39 percent of respondents claim that ensuring business continuity is the highest priority when backing up applications and data running in the cloud.
According to Axcient, 72 percent of respondents indicated that they are using three or more solutions for data protection and disaster recovery.
While the report doesn't get into the reasons why this is the case (it could be that one solution just isn't cutting it), but it does indicate that organizations are making room in their budgets for disaster recovery.
Sixty-two percent of organizations leave data protection and availability of in-cloud data to third-party cloud providers, according to CTERA.
Eighty percent of respondents to Axcient's survey said that following a catastrophic event, it would take anywhere from more than an hour to several days to get their systems fully up and running again.
Thirty-six percent of respondents to CTERA's report said that the loss of data in the cloud would be more catastrophic than their data center crashing, and 14 percent said it would get them fired.
Sixty-seven percent of organizations strongly or somewhat agree there is less focus on backing up applications in the cloud due to a misconception that the cloud is inherently resilient compared to on-premises applications. (CTERA)
Seventy-one percent of organizations cite data protection and availability as one of the biggest challenges when moving to the cloud.
Seventy-one percent of organizations cite data protection and availability as one of the biggest challenges when moving to the cloud.
Natural disasters like Hurricane Matthew can remind us of the importance of being prepared when it comes to our business. Disaster recovery and data protection are hugely important, and it is critical for companies to have plans in place should something unexpected pop up.
Two new studies are highlighting just how important disaster recovery — and in particular disaster recovery in the cloud — can be.
Click through the slideshow to see some of the top results of the surveys, released this week by Axcient and CTERA, respectively.
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