New Survey Shows A Significant Disconnect Between IT and Business Executives On Disaster Recovery Preparedness
Friday, July 17, 2009 at 5:00AMI was sent this recent survey and given permission to share with you here on Disaster Preparedness Blog. I have long said there is a significant disconnect between IT and the Business on Disaster Preparedness, now we have a survey that shows as much. Enjoy!
There is a significant disconnect between IT and business executives when it comes to disaster recovery preparedness, according to the results of a new State of Disaster Recovery survey.
While both sets of executives share the same views on the importance of information availability to the business, survey data reveal a split in how to achieve the goal of minimizing downtime when an unplanned IT outage occurs.
In the survey commissioned by SunGard Availability Services and conducted by Harris Interactive, both IT and business decision-makers say information availability is important to the success of their business (83 percent of IT, 78 percent of business).
However, fewer than half of business executives say disaster recovery and business continuity are important to business success compared with a large majority of IT executives (74 percent of IT, 49 percent of business).
