How are North American companies backing up remote office data?
Enterprise Strategy Group’s Branch Office Optimisation research survey, commissioned by Asigra, the technology specialists in agentless remote backup and recovery software, looked at how companies safeguard mission critical information throughout the enterprise from the vantage point of those working at both corporate headquarters and in ROBO locations. The research, completed in October 2006, was based on a survey of 626 North American IT professionals in the private and public sector. Three-quarters of respondents worked in central offices with the remaining 25 percent in remote locations. Among the findings were: * 25 percent of respondents had 100 or more remote/branch offices with 17 percent having between 26 and 99. * 60 percent of remote offices have up to 25 servers they need to protect, indicating that a significant amount of critical data is residing outside the data center. * Nearly half of respondents say they have concerns about lack of security at ROBO locations. * 48 percent indicate they host home-grown applications out of necessity. * 30 percent of respondents would purchase ROBO data protection only from existing vendors, while 44 percent said they would consider both existing and new vendors. “The number one reason why organisations have ROBOs access applications remotely over the WAN is to improve data protection,” said Brian Garrett, an analyst at ESG. “The adoption of ROBO software is ready to explode. ROBO backup software companies are going to be incredibly busy in the next 12-26 months.”
•Date: 1st Dec 2006• Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity |
