HYDERABAD:With downtime on the rise and ransomware attacks set to hit a business every 14 seconds by the end of 2019, up from every 40 seconds this year, organisations must make 2018 the year to implement sound disaster recovery plans that will protect their data, and that of their customers.
It’s common knowledge that today’s IT teams are asked to do more with less; however, in a survey conducted by data protection solutions provider Arcserve, respondents reported IT resources to be less of concern than costs associated with downtime, the complexity of managing on-premises, virtual and cloud data, and ransomware events. In fact, when asked to rank their top five data protection concerns, managing varied data and systems was reported to be the top concern, 37 percent more than insufficient personnel or budget.
While the top IT concern was consistent across channel partners, service providers, and end-users, what they look for in a data protection vendor illustrates a different reality. Partners overwhelmingly ranked brand name or market familiarity as one of their top three criteria when evaluating a vendor.
According to end-user priorities, almost 45 percent told they consider ease of use and deployment as the number one purchasing criteria, followed by total price and integration with database applications.
Seemingly, businesses are willing to pay more for a data protection solution that is easy to deploy and manage than one that is priced lower, but that may require more extensive training or specialisation.
Apart from corporates, experts pointed out that individuals also need to take regular backups of data such as their smartphone address book, important messages, etc. across multiple devices such as USB drives, hard disks, etc.