The Role of the C-Suite
The final factor sparking a rise in disaster recovery initiatives relates to increasing executive influence over IT spending decisions. The same IDG Research/Datalink survey cited earlier revealed growing pressure to align IT investment strategy to business needs, with risk mitigation ranking near the top of the list of C-suite concerns. Business continuity and disaster recovery planning fit squarely in the risk mitigation category, putting these projects clearly in the crosshairs of IT teams.
And that makes perfect business sense. Whether ensuring maximum uptime for customer-related services — like company websites — ecommerce operations and order processing systems or providing supply chain assurance for key accounts, every organization needs to protect the functions that keep the doors open and the profits flowing. It's an insurance policy that no company can do without.