Is This Your Worst IT Nightmare?
What keeps CIOs awake at night? According to a December 2014 study of 276 U.S CIOs and executive IT professionals published in CIO.com, IT downtime is one of the CIOs top three worst nightmare.
The other two nightmares are security and talent acquisition.
The CIOs shared that disaster recovery and continuity services can be costly, however, 42% shared that it is vital to their organisation and should be the last line item cut from their 2015 IT budgets.
Wrote CIO.com,
Survey respondents believe that the damage to an enterprise’s reputation far outweighs the monetary costs associated with these recovery and continuity services.“Disaster recovery and continuity are two things you just can’t cut from your budgets, and I feel they’re some of the most underappreciated vendors we work with. So much of budget planning for these services comes down to trust between a CIO and a CEO and others in the C-suite. There must be open and honest communication between all the parties involved so when we go to other executives they understand the absolute necessity of these services, and that we as CIOs are accurately representing the risks involved if budgets must be cut,” says Ric Jones, CIO of LifeShare Blood Centers.
One CIO shared that downtime is more than just an inconvenience as it can impact “an organization’s capability to generate revenue and grow business in the long-term, too, especially in a market such as hospitality”.
Wrote CIO.com,
“Travel and tourism are one of the world’s largest industries with a global economic contribution of almost $7 trillion. Downtime for Starwood correlates to lost revenue opportunities, which is not only important for our growth, but vital for our ability to serve our guests in all the ways that they want to transact with us,” says Martha Poulter, CIO at Starwood Hotels.
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