{"id":20776,"date":"2012-05-15T16:49:43","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T06:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=20776"},"modified":"2012-05-15T16:49:43","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T06:49:43","slug":"smbs-are-adopting-virtualisation-cloud-and-mobility-for-improved-disaster-preparedness-according-to-a-symantec-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=20776","title":{"rendered":"SMBs Are Adopting Virtualisation, Cloud and Mobility for Improved Disaster Preparedness According to a Symantec Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<strong>SYDNEY, Australia. \u2013 May 15, 2012 \u2013<\/strong> Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the findings of its <a title=\"Survey\" href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18216665,23197715,290458,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fcontent%2Fen%2Fus%2Fabout%2Fmedia%2Fpdfs%2Fb-smb-disaster-preparedness-report.en-us.pdf%3Fom_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012May_worldwide_SMBDisasterPrep\" target=\"_blank\">2012 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey <\/a>, which discovered that disaster preparedness is closely connected with small and medium sized businesses\u2019 (SMBs) adoption of technologies like virtualisation, cloud computing, and mobility. The survey also revealed how willing SMBs are in adopting these technologies, often with improved disaster preparedness as a goal, and how the move is paying off for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s SMBs are in a unique position to embrace new technologies that not only provide a competitive edge, but also allows them to improve their ability to recover from a disaster while protecting the information that their businesses depend on\u201d said Steve Cullen, senior vice president of worldwide marketing for SMB and .Cloud at Symantec Corp. \u201cSMBs cannot afford lengthy downtimes so the ability to quickly recover from a disaster is critical. Technologies such as virtualisation, cloud computing, and mobility, combined with a sound plan and comprehensive security and data protection solutions, enable SMBs to better prepare for and quickly recover from potential disasters such as floods or fires, as well as lost or stolen mobile devices and laptops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review and test your disaster preparedness:<\/strong> This should be completed at least once a quarter to ensure you are meeting your current security and backup needs.<br \/>\n<strong>Australian S<\/strong><strong>urvey Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Virtualisation, cloud and mobility \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gaining SMB traction:<\/strong> It\u2019s not just large businesses looking to cutting-edge technology, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 but a significant number of SMBs are adopting these innovations as well. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 More than one-third of them (35 percent) are now taking advantage of \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mobile devices for business use. Virtualisation is also on the radar of \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SMBs, with 33 percent either currently deploying or already benefitting \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 from server virtualisation. More popular still is cloud computing, with 28 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 percent deploying public clouds and a similar number (35 percent) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 implementing private clouds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Effect of disaster preparedness top of \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mind for SMBs:<\/strong> In many cases, a desire to improve their disaster preparedness \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 played a part in adopting these emerging technologies. In the case of \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 private cloud computing, 29 percent reported that disaster preparedness \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 influenced their decision, similar to the 17 percent who said it affected \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 their commitment to public cloud adoption and 25 percent for server \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 virtualisation. This held true with mobility as well, with disaster \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 preparedness influencing the decision 30 percent of the time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Early adopters enjoying better disaster \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 preparedness:<\/strong> Whether by design or not, implementing these initiatives has \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 improved the disaster preparedness of most of the survey respondents, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 particularly in the case of server virtualisation \u2013 66 percent reported \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that their disaster preparedness improved with virtualisation. In the case \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of private and public cloud they also saw improvement, according to 36 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 percent and 37 percent, respectively. And mobility increased their \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 disaster preparedness 30 percent of the time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recommendations<\/strong><br \/>\nThe survey shows the importance of embracing innovation to better respond to challenges. In order for businesses to best take advantage of this opportunity to improve disaster preparedness, Symantec recommends taking the following actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Start planning now:<\/strong> Develop a disaster \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 preparedness plan today. Evaluate how strategic technologies such as \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mobile, virtualisation and cloud can help in those efforts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Implement strategic technologies:<\/strong> Adopt integrated \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cloud backup for offsite storage and disaster recovery, and automated \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 physical to virtual (P2V) backup conversion so you can recover your \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 physical system to a virtual machines in case of a server failure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protect your information:<\/strong> Use comprehensive \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 security and backup solutions to protect your physical, virtual and mobile \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 systems. You may even opt to backup to the cloud.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Review and test your disaster \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 preparedness:<\/strong> This should be completed at least once a quarter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Symantec\u2019s 2012 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey<\/strong><br \/>\nResearch firm ReRez fielded this survey by telephone in February and March of 2012. They spoke with decision-makers at 2,053 organisations worldwide, each with between 5 and 250 employees. Of the survey respondents, two-thirds were C-level and senior management; the others were IT representatives. Slightly more than one-third (35 percent) are taking advantage of mobility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"report\" href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18216665,23197715,290459,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fcontent%2Fen%2Fus%2Fabout%2Fmedia%2Fpdfs%2Fb-smb-disaster-preparedness-report.en-us.pdf%3Fom_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012May_worldwide_SMBDisasterPrep\" target=\"_blank\">Report: SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Results 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"slideshare\" href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18216665,23197715,290460,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slideshare.net%2Fsymantec%2F2012-smb-disaster-preparedness-survey-global-results-may-2012\" target=\"_blank\">SlideShare: SMB Disaster Preparedness \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Survey Results 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"infographic\" href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18216665,23197715,290461,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fcontent%2Fen%2Fus%2Fabout%2Fmedia%2Fpdfs%2Fb-smb-disaster-preparedness-info.en-us.pdf%3Fom_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012May_worldwide_SMBDisasterPrep\" target=\"_blank\">Infographic: SMB Disaster Preparedness \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Survey 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"SMB blog\" href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18216665,23197715,290462,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fconnect%2Fsymantec-blogs%2Fthe-confident-smb%3Fom_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012May_worldwide_SMBDisasterPrep\" target=\"_blank\">Confident SMB Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Connect with Symantec<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18216665,23197715,275307,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2F%23!%2Fsymantec\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Symantec on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18216665,23197715,275308,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSymantec\" target=\"_blank\">Join Symantec on Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"RSS\" href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18216665,23197715,290463,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FKVwMHq\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Symantec News RSS Feed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Symantec slideshare channel\" href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18216665,23197715,290464,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slideshare.net%2Fsymantec\" target=\"_blank\">View Symantec\u2019s \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SlideShare Channel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Connect business community\" href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18216665,23197715,290465,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fconnect%2F\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Symantec Connect \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Business Community<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Symantec <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Symantec is a global leader in providing\u00a0security, storage and systems management\u00a0solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world.\u00a0 Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored.\u00a0More information is available at <a title=\"http:\/\/www.symantec.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.symantec.com\/\">www.symantec.com<\/a> or by connecting with Symantec at: <a href=\"http:\/\/go.symantec.com\/socialmedia\">go.symantec.com\/socialmedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0SYDNEY, Australia. \u2013 May 15, 2012 \u2013 Symantec Corp. 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