MORGES, Switzerland,
October 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
'Insights: Data Protection and the
Cloud 2011' survey from CA Technologies highlights increase in data
loss incidents and urgent need to invest in cloud solutions
CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today released the results of an
independent survey that reveals investment in data protection
continues to grow with more budget allocated to cloud computing.
According to the survey of 1,987 companies across
Europe, over a third (34%) of
organisations expect cloud computing to play an increasingly
important role in their business continuity plans over the next
year.
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The survey: 'Insights: Data Protection and the Cloud 2011'
highlights that 67% of the companies surveyed have seen their data
protection budgets remain flat in the last year, and just over a
quarter (27%) are increasing investment. As more businesses realise
the significance of cloud to their data protection strategy, CA
Technologies expects an increased investment in cloud
solutions.
"It's particularly telling that companies are now
realising that cloud can be a useful tool for back-up and disaster
recovery purposes. Organisations using the cloud in this way have
less need for their own remote site, and have to spend less time
monitoring data recovery systems, allowing them to focus on growing
the business." said Chris Ross, Vice
President EMEA & Asia-Pacific,
CA Technologies Data Management CSU
Despite the positive trend in disaster recovery investment and
the emerging shift to cloud, almost all the companies surveyed
(94%) suffered application and data loss incidents in the last
year. Of the 1,987 businesses surveyed across Europe, 31% have data that resides in the
private cloud and 17% in the public cloud. Encouragingly, these
companies displayed high levels of confidence in the safety of this
data.
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About CA Technologies
CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and
solutions company with expertise across all IT environments - from
mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies
manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to
deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies innovative
products and services provide the insight and control essential for
IT organizations to power business agility. The majority of the
Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT
ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at
http://www.ca.com.
SOURCE CA Technologies