July 13, 2006 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Companies feel more secure when they turn to an outsourcer rather than handling in-house when it comes to safeguarding information systems availability against disaster, according to results in a new study conducted by research and analysis firm IDC (idc.com).
David Tapper, program director for IT outsourcing and utility services at IDC and the author of the report says companies that "outsource gain considerable advantage by leveraging a third-party provider which can offer its scale of economy in buying power for procuring capital and operational requirements as well as gain access to a business continuity/disaster recovery service model that enables greater assurance of lowering downtime and increasing availability."
Other results from the research showed that survey respondents indicated a strong preference for using a hosting service that had an integrated recovery capability, an increasing need for greater systems availability with organizations looking to reduce total downtime by 53 percent over a four-year period and an increased investment in new BCDR technologies and services by more than five-fold from 2005 to 2006. Additionally, companies using an in-house strategy rated their recovery capability lower on average than if outsourced.
IDC conducted independent, in-depth telephone interviews with 40 enterprises that incorporated a BCDR strategy for their two most mission-critical applications as part of their overall means of supporting information availability.
