Neverfail survey finds companies find it hard to get started quickly after outages --

Nearly a quarter of British businesses have had an outage lasting at least a day according to new research from Neverfail. And that's despite most of them claiming to have business continuity plans.

As IT becomes a more essential part of modern business, the cost of downtime becomes greater. According to the survey 20 percent of respondents estimated the cost of downtime to their business could be valued at £10,000 or more per hour, with one respondent stating that "£1m of daily sales throughput could be jeopardised in what is a fast turnaround, opportunity driven market."

Andrew Barnes, SVP of corporate development at Neverfail, said that he was immediately struck by the fact that the companies claimed to have business continuity plans, even though their systems remained down. "People are assuming that a recovery designed to protect data is the same thing as continuity - rebuilding applications and connecting users are two different things," he said. ...

Source Techworld, By Maxwell Cooter, 01 July 10