Almost 60% of businesses in the UK say they have had to
take steps to reduce e-mail storage requirements, as they can’t
keep up with the ever-increasing amount of electronic data being
saved on corporate systems.
A survey of 150 IT staff was undertaken by data back-up firm
Iron Mountain Digital, which found that over
half of firms (56%) that have taken action have chosen to slash
inbox size limits for employees.
In addition, nearly one-third (29%) have introduced data
archiving policies, and 18% have limited the amount of personal
data that can be held on corporate systems.
Iron Mountain also found that 55% of firms had experienced an
e-mail outage in the past 12 months, putting valuable company
information held in e-mail out of reach.
Whilst eight out of 10 firms said their systems were often back up
and running within hours after an outage, almost one in five (18%)
had to wait days or even weeks to get e-mail back on line.
Nick Cater, head of Northern Europe at Iron Mountain Digital, said,
“Despite companies’ best efforts, employees will always prefer to
store e-mails and attachments locally due to the ease of use and
access.
“Companies must safeguard this data by ensuring it is properly
protected so that in the event of data loss or e-mail systems going
down, employees can still access relevant information and get on
with their jobs.”
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