Research by Storage Expo has
found that more than four-fifths of firms regard how to implement
the right disaster recovery strategy as their top data storage
challenge.
The research by the organisers of the UK’s definitive event for
data storage, information and content management, also found
that significant concern about ensuring data security for the
business (82%) and the management of increasing volumes of data
(81%). Centralising data access was a concern for 79% of
organisations closely followed by how to store data cost
effectively (77%).
By contrast, ensuring compliance with the latest data storage
legislation and knowing what regulations to comply was surprisingly
less of a concern to firms with 68% of organisations not worried.
Achieving interoperability across existing storage solutions was an
issue for 60% of organisations.
Running from 15-16 October, Storage Expo will address the latest
business advantages that the sound application of storage strategy
can deliver for an organisation. The organisers say that storage
practice has traditionally been driven by the push of regulation,
legislation, and business continuity rather than the pull of sound
business practice. However, they feel that the impetus is changing
from push to pull due to the emphasis on increasingly business
efficiency, utilisation of intelligence, process management and
productivity benefits. The keynotes at the show will reflect the
change in the data storage and information management
landscape.