Data backup and migration continue to vex enterprises.

• Position: INFO SECURITY - Brief article

A new data management survey of 3,500 IT professionals revealed that even though the volume of data companies are managing is growing up to 40% annually, IT professionals lack confidence in their companies' data backup and migration processes. Almost 40% of the respondents said they've experienced data loss, and 83% either have no disaster recovery plan or are not entirely confident about their plan.

"We found that ... companies are not protecting or backing up their data as often, for fears of security, manpower costs, or downtime," said Marty Gilbert, vice president of marketing for Vision Solutions, which conducted the survey. "Data recovery strategies are not evolving or being tested at nearly the rate they should be; with so many data breaches and disasters in the news, it's puzzling why corporations aren't moving at light speed to protect this data the backbone of their...