Survey reveals disaster recovery expectations and reality.August 2003 will be remembered for the biggest electrical blackout in North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. history, and millions of businesses across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada may feel the economic impact for a long time. The lucky companies that did not lose data can probably thank their disaster recovery or backup plans. Analysts say that following a disaster, companies today are expected to be up and running quicker than they were just one year ago. But many are not confident their current technologies will meet their recovery time objective (RTO (Recovery Time Objective) The amount of time a computer system or application can stop functioning before it is considered intolerable to the enterprise. It can be computed to be from seconds to days, depending on how critical the application is to the organization. ), the timeframe in which a company's systems are expected to be up and running after a disaster or outage out·age n. 1. A quantity or portion of something lacking after delivery or storage. 2. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electric power. . A recent AmeriVault Corp. survey examined the backup and recovery practices of 114 companies within a variety of industries. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the survey responses: * More than 43 percent of enterprises surveyed store their backup tapes See tape backup. onsite, leaving them vulnerable to natural disasters and security breaches. * After a disaster, more than 30 percent of companies are expected to be up and running more quickly than they were just one year ago. * Only 50 percent of enterprises are confident that they can meet their RTO using their existing backup and recovery technologies. "These survey results reveal what we have known for a long time--that there is a huge disconnect between existing enterprise backup and recovery practices and management expectations," says Bud Stoddard, AmeriVault president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Common natural disasters are a leading cause of data loss and leaving backup tapes onsite leaves not only the tape itself vulnerable but, ultimately, the company to routine disasters and security risk." A 2002 U.S. Bureau of Labor study revealed that 93 percent of companies that experience a significant data loss go out of business within five years. An August Harris Interactive Harris Interactive (NASDAQ: HPOL) is an American market research company that specializes in public opinion research using both telephone and surveys on online panels. The company is the product of a 1996 merger between the Gordon S. Black Company and Louis Harris & Associates. poll of 52 senior corporate executives in Fortune 1000 companies suggests that businesses have done much to prepare for disasters since September 11, 2001, but executives say their firms still have a long way to go before they feel completely secure. Two-thirds of executives surveyed said they are more prepared to deal with threats to information systems today than they were two years ago. While 86 percent of them said they consider their companies better prepared today, only 15 percent said they were completely prepared. On average, the executives gave their companies a C-plus grade when asked to rate their ability to keep information flowing after a disaster. |
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