by Administrator
27. January 2010 18:55
New research from IDC has revealed that a growing number of firms are starting to take security more seriously and are finally realising the importance of data management and backing-up important files.
The IT industry analyst claims that more companies are investing in back-up management systems in a bid to stop data getting lost, be it due to theft, loss or security threats. Additionally, 55% admitted to having already invested in software or services to help back-up their devices.
Despite this realisation, 32.5% of the 250 firms questioned said they still rely on employees themselves to back up their own work/data.
Similarly, a recent poll by InvisiViewmedia.com found that 98% of workers said it was important to back-up corporate data, yet a third admitted to sending confidential information in an unsecured e-mail format.
"In the longer term, there is a strategic opportunity for suppliers that integrate PC data and system level protection with security PC management and desktop virtualization," said Laura DuBois, programme director at Storage Software. "With IT executives struggling to reduce the cost of PC management, desktop virtualization is certainly an enabling technology that is likely to fuel an even greater focus on data and system level protection for PCs."
The survey also found that it is larger firms who are more likely to have deployed a centralised PC back-up approach. It also highlighted the fact that there is now a need for portable back up systems that must effectively protect information which is both connected online and offline.
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