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Serious
holes found in
SME disaster recovery
plans
UK
companies not ready
to get back online if
the worst happens...
The
majority of
small and
medium-sized
UK businesses
are ill-prepared
for getting
back online
in the event
of a major
disaster,
according
to the findings
of a new survey.
More than two-thirds (68 per
cent) of businesses surveyed
- all of whom boast an annual
revenue of between £1m
and £20m - admitted
it would take at least two
working days to become operational
again in a worst case scenario.
Furthermore, 12 per cent of
respondents said they have
no idea how long it would
take.
Larger companies with revenue
in excess of £20m are
better prepared, with 66 per
cent confident they would
be working again within 24
hours. This is partly down
to their ability to handle
the cost of redundancy in
their network and operations,
and the likelihood they may
have alternative premises.
The research also discovered
a worrying range of what some
managers believe constitutes
'prepared'. More than a quarter
(26 per cent) of respondents
said staff would be instructed
to rely on mobile phones if
they couldn't come into the
office, while 32 per cent
would give their staff the
day off.
That is despite a report earlier
this month into the rescue
operation after the 7 July
terrorist bombings in London,
which criticised the reliance
on mobile phones after the
mobile networks crashed under
the volume of people trying
to make calls.
However, 18 per cent believe
they could ask staff to log
on remotely while 10 per cent
would instruct their staff
to work from another premises.
The research was commissioned
by Mitel Networks and carried
out by Continental Research,
who quizzed 200 managing directors,
financial directors and other
senior managers.
By
Will Sturgeon
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