IT Execs and Managers See DR Needs Differently
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IT Execs and Managers See DR Needs Differently
Disaster recovery is emerging as a business priority, but IT execs and managers don't have the same DR priorities. -
Confidence Gaps
IT execs are highly confident in their firms' DR practices to prevent service disruption (64%) and data loss or theft (57%). In comparison, IT directors and managers are less confident (39% and 36%, respectively). -
Exception to the Rule
When it comes to preventing noncompliance, senior IT executives are less confident than mid-level IT managers. More than a third (36%) of senior IT executives said they are extremely or very confident in their DR strategy to prevent noncompliance, compared with 61% of IT managers. -
Is DR a Burden?
Half (50%) of the executives polled don't believe that their companies' disaster recovery practices are a burden to their IT staff for the daily work of testing, monitoring and managing DR plans. -
DR Challenges
70% of IT directors and managers believe disaster recovery is time-consuming, and 64% think DR is complex and difficult to deploy. -
High-Priority Concerns
71% of execs said the prevention of data loss or theft is a critical or high priority, and 50% are worried about their organizations' ability to deliver continuous, uninterrupted access to data. -
DR Priority Disparity
While 86% of IT directors and managers share their executives' views on data loss or theft, 89% believe continuous, uninterrupted data access is a higher priority. -
DR Investment Barrier
DR is often viewed as an expensive insurance policy; 36% of IT directors consider disaster recovery a roadblock for funding and a driver for reactionary DR practices, compared to only 7% of senior executives who agree. -
DR Decision Making
76% of all respondents said the threat of data loss and pressure to deliver round-the-clock service are the top influencers of their DR strategies, followed by conflicting demand to keep data secure yet easy to access (74%), and overburdened IT resources (72%). -
DR Selection Factors
Other top influencers include the pressure to speed product and service delivery (66%), changing compliance requirements (60%), data center complexity (48%) and globalization/business expansion (42%). -
DRaaS Motivator
76% of all respondents said the "top motivator for consideration of DRaaS" to a great or some extent was the ability to failover and failback to avoid being trapped in the cloud when disaster strikes.
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Why Metrics Matter to the Channel Disaster recovery (DR) is emerging as a business priority as IT executives focus increasingly on data protection and delivering uninterrupted services, according to a report released by disaster recovery-as-a-service provider Bluelock, in conjunction with IDG Research. The report, "Disaster Recovery: Motivation for DraaS," points to a wide gap in how much confidence IT executives and IT directors/managers have in their companies' DR practices. This disparity—a growing challenge for IT organizations—and lack of confidence on the part of IT managers is attributed to their better day-to-day insight into potential capability and strategy gaps, the study found. Although IT executives may be overconfident in their companies' disaster recovery capabilities and want DR strategies that free up IT resources for strategic business initiatives, the majority of IT managers believe DR is time-consuming, complex and difficult to deploy. One remedy is finding a DRaaS partner that can work as an extension of your internal IT team. Here are key survey takeaways that show the differences between how IT execs and IT managers view their DR capabilities and priorities.