Published on the 16/09/2009 | Written by Newsdesk
Poll of senior ICT decision makers shows Australian and New Zealand organisations require ‘information intervention’ to improve governance processes…
One in three local organisations would be unable to recover files from backup tape and a similar proportion would not be able to easily respond to a court ordered discovery audit for emails sent and received 18 months ago, according to new research.
In addition, 82% of companies are putting their e-mail retention strategy in the hands of their employees.
The research was commissioned by Hitachi Data Systems from Sweeney Research which surveyed 400 senior ICT decision makers in Australia and New Zealand.
The research shows that one in every three companies across Australia and New Zealand with more than 100 full-time employees is suffering under the burden of excessive growth in digital information and/or the mismanagement of that information.
Only 5% of organisations who are experiencing an information overload say it has no impact at all, 69% say it has a moderate impact; 15% say it has a lot of impact and 11% say it has a great deal of impact on their organisation.
Hitachi Data Systems says the survey’s findings underline an epidemic which needs to be dealt with through what it calls an “information intervention” – taking a big picture look at existing systems and improving them to better manage growth, reduce total cost of ownership, improve utilisation and enhance information governance.
According to Hitachi, moving from economic downturn to recovery is the perfect time to recreate an organisation’s information roadmap.
“Organisations that prepare now will be in a stronger, more competitive position when the global economy returns to bull market conditions,” says Neville Vincent, chief executive, Hitachi Data Systems Australia.
