Cloud Computing: Is your data centre prepared to withstand a natural disaster?

Grazed from CloudTech. Author: James Bourne.

Research from Zenium Technology Partners has found that one in two organisations are not operating a data centre that could continue to function after a natural disaster. The report, entitled ‘Managing Growth, Risk and the Cloud’, found that half of companies polled has experienced disruption with their data centre due to Mother Nature, with respondents experiencing five incidents in total on average. Despite this, 45% of those polled insisted their data centre was flood resistant, 43% stated their data centre was officially earthquake resistant, and 60% said it was located in an area away from physical or environmental hazards.

For companies who had experienced disruptions with the running of their data centre, more than nine in 10 (91%) confirmed it had come at a loss to their business. A third of C-suite respondents said they didn’t know what the exact cost was, with the highest figure cited as £500,000…

This rings true with a similar study from Marsh, which found 61% of organisations hadn’t made an attempt to calculate real or estimated financial losses after a cyber attack…

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