32% of Businesses Without DR/BC Plan

Paragon Software Group conducted a survey among 377 IT professionals August 29 – September 7, 2012.

The survey found that over half (51.9%) of the businesses surveyed have experienced unscheduled downtime once or twice during the last 12 months. Further, 17.6% of those surveyed cite that unplanned downtime occurred more than twice during the year.

Respondents stated the following reasons
for the cause of the downtime:

• Hardware failure: 39.4%
• Power outages: 22.1%
• OS failure: 12.1%
• Human error: 13.2%
• Natural disaster: 5.1%

Other downtime causes cited by respondents included malicious cyber attacks, software errors and fire.

DR/BC Planning
"Up to 40% of businesses fail after a disaster, according to the Insurance Information Institute. Yet only 43% feel prepared to handle an extensive emergency." (Source: CEO.com, 40% Of Businesses Fail After Disaster Strikes, May 14, 2012).

Backup and DR planning are important components in a successful BC program for firms of all sizes. Should a disaster occur, there should be a solid plan in place where everyone knows their responsibilities to minimize damage to the company and its resources. To effectively implement a strategy, all departments of the organization need to be involved in crafting, testing, and updating a company’s DR/BC plan.

Results of the Paragon Q3 Survey demonstrated that 31.7% do not have a DR/BC plan; 4.5% had no idea whether or not their company had a plan in place.

"Paragon Software Group and our reseller partners are dedicated to protecting businesses from the often catastrophic consequences that result from unscheduled server or workstation failure," said Tom Fedro, president of Paragon. "We offer our expertise via free webinars, white papers and evaluation software to help the business community make informed and effective decisions when it comes to being prepared for the unexpected."

Paragon offers backup and DR software solutions including: Hard Disk Manager 12 and Drive Backup 11 to help secure data and minimize system downtime.