IT Managers surveyed by Acronis indicate that nearly 50% have
suffered from downtime
in the last six months
London, UK, 13 July, 2010 - Acronis, a
leading provider of onsite and offsite backup, disaster recovery
and security solutions, today announced that in a survey of IT
managers conducted by Acronis*, nearly half (44%) have suffered
from downtime in the last six months.
The findings also showed that IT managers are generally very
efficient at testing their backup and recovery restores for their
servers, with 80% having done so in the last six months. However,
only 20% were 'extremely confident', that they could restore their
servers, should a disaster occur.
The survey highlighted that nearly half (44%) of end users do
not have the ability to recover to different hardware in the event
of disaster using their existing product. David Blackman, general
manager of Acronis Northern Europe, said: "Cash-strapped SMBs often
don't have identical hardware sitting on standby in case their
systems fail. If their hardware is unusable, they often need to
order in an identical PC, laptop or server which can often take
days leading to unnecessary downtime."
Acronis® Universal Restore™ is an additional option for
Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 10. The solution, allows you to recover
server, laptop, or workstation images to dissimilar physical or
virtual hardware regardless of make, model, or installed
components.
*This survey was taken from a sample of 70 IT Managers in
March 2010
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.