YouGov survey looks into telecoms continuity and the cost of downtime
Telecoms downtime incident costs an average of £14,431. Read article •Date: 1st August 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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British businesses under flood-threat are failing to make IT continuity plans
According to a new survey. Read article •Date: 31st July 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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2008 Business Resiliency Survey
Results published from comprehensive survey of resiliency planning in multinational organizations. Read article •Date: 17th July 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Vodafone UK publishes Critical Response Time Index
Research provides information which helps in planning email recovery time objectives. Read article •Date: 7th July 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Invocations explored...
SunGard Availability Services has released a breakdown of all its UK invocations since 1995. The results show some interesting trends. Read article •Date: 27th June 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Two-thirds of UK companies lack confidence in their ability to recover Microsoft Exchange
According to survey. Read article •Date: 12th June 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Succession management research highlights its vital role in business survival
Ten year research programme finds that enterprises lacking effective succession management were five times more likely to disappear than those that had established robust practices. Read article •Date: 4th June 2008• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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AT&T 2008 Business Continuity Study
AT&T has published the results of its latest annual survey of business continuity practices in US organizations. Read article •Date: 3rd June 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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40 percent of US small businesses not prepared for disasters Office Depot survey reveals that time and perceived expense are the biggest barriers to adequate preparation. Read article
•Date: 28th May 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Energy and resources companies make progress on security but no room for complacency: Deloitte Sixty-seven percent of companies cite ‘human error’ as a root cause of security failures—ahead of technology and operations. Read article
•Date: 23rd May 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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US business continuity salary and compensation report BC Management, Inc., has released its latest report into compensations for full-time, permanent, business continuity employees in the US. Read article
•Date: 7th May 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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The Conference Board looks into use of business continuity, disaster recovery and related standards by US organizations No consensus on which is the most useful standard. Read article
•Date: 1st May 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Survey looks at business continuity in medium sized UK companies Business continuity take-up is high; but testing is a weakness. Read article
•Date: 29th April 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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UK organisations rely on team spirit rather than business continuity plans to see them through a crisis: according to employees A new study published by BT Global Services shows that most employees display a severe lack of awareness and understanding of organisational business continuity arrangements. Read article •Date: 29th April 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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US businesses see supply chain risks rising And supply chain risk management is lacking: Marsh survey. Read article
•Date: 18th April 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Business continuity budgets holding up The results of Continuity Central’s recent survey. Read article
•Date: 11th April 2008• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Business continuity salary survey: your input requested BC Management is asking all business continuity professionals to take part in its annual Compensation Benchmarking Survey. Read article •Date: 11th April 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Marsh survey examines European attitudes to business continuity Study finds that companies are failing to overcome a ‘perception gap’ in their approach to BCM. Read article
•Date: 8th April 2008• Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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UK disaster recovery planning activities examined 72 percent of all UK businesses have a disaster recovery plan in place, up from 58 percent two years ago; but testing is still a weak area. Read article
•Date: 4th April 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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‘Implementing Disaster Recovery Strategies and Technologies’ Aberdeen has announced today the publication of its latest benchmark report with the above title. Aberdeen surveyed over 150 end-user organizations, and results provide evidence that best-in-class IT organizations have built infrastructures that support rapid recovery of data and applications with minimal or no downtime which assures business continuity even in the face of a severe disruption event. While 62 percent of all the companies surveyed experienced between 1 and 5 business interruption events in the last 12 months, only 49 percent of the companies surveyed have had a business continuity strategy for more than 2 years, and 34 percent have yet to implement a solution. A complimentary copy of this report can be obtained after registration from http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?cid=4662 •Date: 4th April 2008• Region: World •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC statistics
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Hardware failure remains highest cause of UK business continuity invocations According to SunGard Availability Services. Read article
•Date: 2nd April 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Climate change seen as top emerging risk According to survey of major UK and European companies. Read article
•Date: 31st March 2008• Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Chartered Management Institute publishes its annual business continuity survey This year’s survey is supported by the Cabinet Office. Read article
•Date: 11th March 2008• Region:UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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A third of UK businesses leave their back-up tapes in the office overnight 69 percent of small to medium-sized companies have not tested their backup systems in the last six months. Read article •Date: 11th March 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Survey highlights trends and risks of data protection in large enterprises Enterprises are still relying heavily on physical tape systems for their data protection and disaster recovery. Read article
•Date: 6th March 2008• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Business continuity accountability rising up the corporate ladder But one in five large UK businesses still lack detailed business continuity plans: IDC survey. Read article •Date: 6th March 2008• Region:UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Survey identifies IT continuity skills gap New IT graduates aren't up to speed on business continuity and disaster recovery. Read article
•Date: 28th February 2008• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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The majority of Irish companies have no disaster recovery plan 67 percent of Irish businesses have no disaster recovery plan: survey. Read article
•Date: 20th February 2008• Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Survey reveals widespread vulnerability to email outages But many companies fail to implement high availability solutions or develop disaster recovery plans. Read article
•Date: 25th January 2008• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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IT-related business continuity threats on the increase According to latest SteelEye Business Continuity Index survey. Read article
•Date: 23rd January 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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UK companies’ data security at risk due to lack of employee compliance Many employees do not follow corporate policies on data and computer security: survey. Read article
•Date: 15th January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Majority of organizations are not prepared for a business outage lasting longer than seven days According to a Gartner survey. Read article
•Date: 10th January 2008• Region: UK/N.America •Type: Article •Topic: BC stats
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Deloitte survey reveals need for increased security in the global technology, media & telecommunications sectors TMT businesses are treading water when it comes to security and privacy. Read article •Date: 10th January 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Confidence in business continuity plan quality increases According to a Computer Weekly survey. Read article
•Date: 14th Dec 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Survey shows slapdash staff risk corporate data A survey of UK office workers has revealed that employees are hugely reliant on access to network data to do their jobs, yet show an alarming apathy about the value of that data. More than half (57 percent) have at some point lost an office work laptop/BlackBerry/USB stick, with the most common loss location being a pub, bar or restaurant. 63 percent of respondents have accidentally deleted data on the networks, whilst 69 percent admitted to saving more than 10 important work files on their PCs alone, causing major potential disruption if they were stolen or damaged. Source: Databarracks •Date: 14th Dec 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC statistics
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Business continuity in Australia An overview of the results of a comprehensive benchmarking survey conducted by Continuity Forum Pty Ltd. Read article
•Date: 7th December 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Disaster recovery and data archiving dominate storage concerns for 2008 New survey reveals IT departments’ top storage concerns as they plan for the New Year. Read article
•Date: 4th Dec 2007• Region:UK/US •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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UK businesses getting better at business continuity According to a BSI survey. Read article
•Date: 20th Nov 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Most UK businesses have inadequate pandemic plans
Fewer than a quarter of UK companies have made adequate plans for coping with a ‘flu pandemic, according to YouGov research. 30 percent of businesses have no strategy at all, while 14 percent have only rudimentary continuity plans, that need improvement. Read The Times Online story. •Date: 20th Nov 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC statistics
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Survey looks at business continuity priorities of Australian CIOs Data communications moving up the criticality scale. Read article
•Date: 26th October 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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In the past three years 62 percent of enterprises experienced major risk events: almost half were not well prepared According to the IBM Global CFO Study; also finds that CFOs are increasingly becoming ‘owners’ of risk management. Read article
•Date: 25th October 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Survey explores the state of corporate disaster recovery planning Symantec research finds that nearly half of full scenario testing conducted fails. Read article
•Date: 18th October 2007• Region:World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Backups bite back Backup volumes in many organisations have grown so large they are causing business disruption by tying up systems, storage, and network capacity and hogging valuable IT resources according to new research. Read article •Date: 18th October 2007• Region:UK/N.America •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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UK local authorities failing when it comes to some aspects of disaster recovery planning Only 8 percent of local authorities interviewed in a new survey have disaster recovery plans that include provisions for denial of access to premises. Read article
•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Records management is a weak area in many US organizations Sixty-five percent of US public and private organizations do not have an enterprise-wide records management policy and program. Read article
•Date: 9th October 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Survey details top priorities of evolving data centers 42 percent of respondents to a Brocade survey rated business continuity and disaster recovery as current top priorities. Read article
•Date: 20th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Survey identifies strengths and weaknesses in UK business risk planning UK business owners are better prepared than many of their global counterparts when it comes to planning for technology risks, according to Grant Thornton’s International Business Report. Read article
•Date: 18th Sept 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Majority of US small businesses are unprepared for disasters According to new survey by American Red Cross and FedEx Corp. Read article
•Date: 14th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Disaster preparedness still lacking in businesses: Info-Tech Research Group Almost 60 percent of North American businesses do not have a disaster recovery plan in place to resume IT services in case of crisis, a survey conducted by Info-Tech has found. 1136 IT personnel in companies throughout the US and Canada were polled. Of the 475 companies which had implemented DR plans, just over one-quarter have had occasion to use them.
•Date: 11th Sept 2007• Region: N.America •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC statistics
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UK boards lack real understanding of IT risks facing their companies According to a new survey into IT risk by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read article
•Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Outsourcing of critical business infrastructure gathering steam
According to research by TheInfoPro. Read article •Date: 29th Aug 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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CIOs and CSOs under pressure to improve business continuity plans
Reduced recovery time objectives are top of requirement list, according to IDG survey. Read article •Date: 20th August 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Business continuity standards
An overview of the results of a worldwide survey. Read article •Date: 10th August 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Business continuity management in UK companies
The results of a survey by SunGard Availability Services into the current status of BCM within UK companies. Read article •Date: 9th August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Osterman Research survey looks at e-mail downtime
An average of 1.6 unplanned downtime incidents per month reported. Read article •Date: 7th August 2007• Region: World•Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Survey finds business continuity failures in Irish government departments 29 percent of Irish government departments have no business continuity strategy. Read article •Date: 11th July 2007• Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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UK business continuity salary survey report
Continuity Forum finds that the overall average salary for BC professionals is now £45,552. Read article •Date: 28th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Unified communications critical to disaster recovery and continuity of operations planning
According to Cisco survey. Read article •Date: 26th June 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Survey of facilities managers highlights their key role within business continuity management
92 percent of BCPs have FM input. Read article •Date: 26th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC facilities and buildings
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Pyxis study reveals business continuity planners' preference for handhelds over laptops ‘Handhelds are more mobile and have longer battery life than laptops without sacrificing accessibility to core data’. Read article •Date: 21st June 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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AT&T survey sees high take-up of business continuity amongst London businesses More than 83 percent of London executives indicate that their company has a business plan in place. Read article •Date: 14th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Is IT downtime out of control? 80 percent of all companies admit to having a problem with downtime of their IT systems: UK survey. Read article •Date: 14th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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2007 AT&T Business Continuity Study A disaster-filled year has not encouraged additional take-up of business continuity planning in the US. Read article •Date: 31st May 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Vast majority of UK businesses are unprepared for an influenza pandemic
According to YouGov research. Read article •Date: 31st May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Slow decision-making causing problems in UK business continuity planning processes According to Marathon Technologies and Tickbox.net survey. Read article •Date: 24th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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US survey shows many small businesses are complacent when it comes to disaster preparedness Majority of small business owners ‘are not worried about the impact a disaster can have on their business’. Read article •Date: 24th May 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Signs that business continuity is becoming mainstream in the UK New survey continues encouraging trend. Read article •Date: 17th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Business continuity in Oman and UAE explored Vast majority of companies are considering business continuity planning; but tends to be confined to the IT department. Read article •Date: 17th May 2007 • Region: Middle East •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Downtime costs European businesses £300k per hour on average According to Global Switch survey. Read article •Date: 11th May 2007 • Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: BC stats
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Power disruption is fastest growing downtime threat to UK organisations SunGard Availability Services has revealed the major causes of business disruption in 2006, according to its invocation statistics. Read article •Date: 2nd May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Oil companies struggling to keep on top of emerging threats According to a survey by Marsh. Read article •Date: 27th April 2007 • Region: M.East / World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Survey looks at EMEA data-related business continuity and disaster recovery practices UK at the bottom of the league when it comes to testing. Read article •Date: 27th April 2007 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Multinational corporations are facing increasingly diverse, complex and exotic risks But damage to reputation tops the threat list: Aon Global Risk Management survey. Read article •Date: 26th April 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Harris survey examines current attitudes to disaster recovery, business continuity and information availability Finds that IT executives place a higher priority on BC and IA than business executive counterparts. Read article •Date: 24th April 2007 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Most companies failing to test IT disaster recovery/failover systems often enough According to a survey of more than 500 senior IT professionals. Read article •Date: 17th April 2007 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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North American business continuity and disaster recovery services market tipped to reach $23 billion by 2012 Market hit $15.1 billion in 2006. Read article •Date: 17th April 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Lost White House e-mails illustrate a common issue for US businesses Company employees use personal e-mail to avoid corporate review or retention of their messages: survey. Read article •Date: 17th April 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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IT and business continuity in higher education The EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research has published a detailed report into the above subject. Read article •Date: 3rd April 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Survey reveals ‘widespread inadequacies’ in e-mail downtime prevention Few companies protect themselves effectively: King Research survey. Read article •Date: 3rd April 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Virtualization benefits being lost due to lack of holistic approach : CA survey Business continuity seen as one of the key drivers for implementation; but a consistent approach is needed. Read article •Date: 30th March 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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On the up… HP global survey predicts that business continuity and availability solutions spending will increase during 2007. Read article •Date: 27th March 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Chartered Management Institute publishes its annual survey of UK business continuity practices One of the longest running industry surveys. Read article •Date: 20th March 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Economist Intelligence Unit survey highlights the extreme criticality of IT systems Almost half of companies surveyed said that a 24-hour IT failure would threaten their survival. Read article •Date: 2nd March 2007 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Barclays survey reviews SME threats Most SMEs are more concerned with business risks than external threats. Read article •Date: 1st March 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Survey finds encouraging news on UK business continuity take-up 80 percent of companies surveyed by Computer Business Review have some sort of business continuity plan. Read article •Date: 28th Feb 2007 • Region: UK•Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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2006 was the least costly year of the last two decades in terms of natural disasters According to United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction figures. Read article •Date: 27th Feb 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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AT&T survey looks at business continuity plans of Los Angeles companies Read a PDF of a supplement on business continuity which appeared with the Times newspaper this week. Read article •Date: 16th Feb 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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A third of UK medium-sized companies have no website disaster recovery plans Online revenue streams and brand reputation being put at risk: Vanson Bourne survey. Read article •Date: 16th Feb 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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DataMonitor research finds financial sector business continuity divide City traders and brokers are much less well prepared than other FS firms. Read article •Date: 15th Feb 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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Soaring data volumes put pressure on IT infrastructure PMP Research survey explores the issue. Read article •Date: 6th Feb 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Irish backup survey finds ‘shocking practices’ 90 percent of companies surveyed are not performing weekly test restores as suggested by best practice… Read article •Date: 2nd Feb 2007 • Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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UK local authorities show considerable progress in risk management According to ALARM Risk Management Benchmarking Survey. Read article •Date: 25th January 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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US use of third party IT continuity services remains focussed on disaster recovery facilities According to a survey by TheInfoPro. Read article •Date: 25th January 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Political risk improves worldwide: Aon But significant challenges continue to emerge… Read article •Date: 24th January 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Continuity Forum UK business continuity salary survey report Private sector salaries increase by 6.4 percent and public sector by 1.2 percent. Read article •Date: 17th January 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Global Risks 2007 World Economic Forum report assesses 23 ‘core’ risks facing companies around the world. Read article •Date: 16th January 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Business continuity uptake in UAE examined KPMG’s UAE division has published the results of a comprehensive survey into business continuity in the Emirate. Read article •Date: 9th January 2007 • Region: Middle East •Type: Article •Topic: BC stats
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YouGov survey looks into telecoms continuity and the cost of downtime
