DRJ On-Going Survey

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In an attempt to study our industry deeper, we have decided to begin a large on-going survey project.  We will be asking a new question every week on our homepage and the results will be readily available for all to use.  With the power of the Internet this should be very successful and extremely flexible.  If there are any Question/Answer type issues you could suggest please just let us!

  Also we do not post the current responses due to security issues during the survey. We will allow it to be posted at the end of the week!

Please Also realize even though response on these surveys has been quite good, these are not scientific studies and just opinions of the readers of our website.


artbul1a.gif (270 bytes)  Weekly Quiz Archive (2001)

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December 31- January 6, 2002

Do you currently utilize your Intranet for housing your BC Plans?

no: 61.39%
yes: 38.6
1%

Total Votes: 1313

December 17- December 30, 2001

Do you currently utilize mobile recovery strategies for a hotsite?

no: 79.79%
yes: 20.21%

Total Votes: 1316

December 10 - December 16, 2001

Do you currently utilize mobile recovery strategies for work area recovery?

no: 69.89%
yes: 30.11%

Total Votes: 1395

December 3 -December 9, 2001

Do you currently have an internal alternative site solution?

yes: 51.96%
no: 48.04%

Total Votes: 2327

November 26- December 2, 2001

Do you feel your telecommunication network is adequately protected?

no: 76.64%
yes: 23.36%

Total Votes: 1819

November 19 - November 17, 2001

Do you currently utilize PDA's in your BCP efforts?

no: 76.92%
yes: 23.08%

Total Votes: 1326

November 12 - November 18, 2001

What is the most likely cause of your commmuication network outage?

man-made: 32.47%
hardware failure: 24.68%
service provider: 21.43%
software failure: 14.94%
natural disaster: 6.49%

Total Votes: 2156

November 4- November 11, 2001

On average, how often do you experience an outage in your wide-area-network network?

quarterly: 34.38%
monthly: 27.08%
annually: 25.00%
weekly: 13.54%

Total Votes: 1260

October 22 - October 28, 2001
Does your BCP currently address terrorism?

No: 81.25%
Yes: 18.75%

Total Votes: 3072

October 22 - October 28, 2001
How long are you able to utilize your hot site?

1 to 3 Months: 52.58%
More than 3 Months: 23.71%
2 Weeks to 1 Month: 18.56%
Less than 2 weeks: 5.15%

Total Votes: 1843

October 15 - October 21, 2001
Have the events on 9/11 increased the exposure DR/BC are now receiving?

Yes: 89.54%
No: 10.46%

Total Votes: 3346
October 1 - October 14, 2001
Does your BC/DR plan cover the move back to a permanent site from backup site?

No: 62.36%
Yes: 37.64%

Total Votes: 2314

September 24 - September 31, 2001
Have the September 11th events made you alter any parts of your current DR plans?

Yes: 74.63%
No: 25.37%

Total Votes: 2211
July 23- September 23,  2001
Do you currently address personnel transportation to the alternate site in your plan?

No: 52.14%
Yes: 47.86%

Total Votes: 3341

July 16- July 22, 2001
Will HIPAA have any impact on your planning efforts?

Yes: 69.70%
No: 30.30%

Total Votes: 1254

June 25 - July 16, 2001
Do you currently contract with consultants for any service in BCP?

No: 63.68%
Yes: 36.32%

Total Votes: 1967

June 18 - June 24, 2001
Do you currently contract with more than 1 large service provider in the DR industry?

No: 66.96%
Yes: 33.04%

Total Votes: 1568

June 11- June 17, 2001
Do you currently have a debris management plan??

No: 90.80%
Yes: 9.20%

Total Votes: 1305

June 4- June 10, 2001

Do you currently have a cold site contract?

No: 66.96%
Yes: 33.04%

Total Votes: 1012

May 21- June 3, 2001

In the past 10 years how many times has your BC/DR plan been enacted?

0: 65.50%
1-3: 26.32%
More than 6: 4.68%
4-6: 3.51%

Total Votes: 2223

May 14- May 20, 2001

Do you utilize quick ship hardware replacement in your current recovery strategies?

Yes: 51.22%
No: 48.78%

Total Votes: 1312

May 7- May 13, 2001

Do you currently have a contingency plan for telecommunications system outages?

No: 51.77%
Yes: 48.23%

Total Votes: 1692

April 30- May 6, 2001

What is your biggest challenge in your planning efforts?

Funding: 38.08%
Staff Shortage: 32.64%
Complexity: 26.78%
Nothing: 2.51%

Total Votes: 2151

April 23- April 29, 2001

What area of the organization are you responsible for planning for?

Data Center: 39.46%
All Areas: 28.57%
Enterprise Wide: 19.05%
Business Unit: 12.93%

Total Votes: 1911

April 16- April 22, 2001

Do you have an agreement with a transportation company to move data or personell during an interruption?

No: 70.33%
Yes: 29.67%

Total Votes: 1274

April 9 - April 15, 2001

How many books have you purchased on BC Planning?

0: 52.14%
1 or 2: 26.50%
> than 2: 21.37%

Total Votes: 1638

April 2- April 8, 2001

How often do you test your business units BC plans?

< than 2 years: 39.05%
never: 26.67%
>than2 years: 25.71%
Every 2 years: 8.57%

Total Votes: 1014

March 26- April 1, 2001

Do you currently utilize SANs to backup your server environment?

No: 68.09%
Yes: 31.91%

Total Votes: 1504

March 19 - March 25, 2001
Does your company issue a credit card for test expenses?

No: 66.32%
Yes: 33.68%

Total Votes: 1615

March 12 - March 18, 2001
How far away is your Hot Site from your main facility?

>100 miles: 48.41%
10-50 miles: 28.03%
<10 miles: 13.38%
50-100 miles: 10.19%

Total Votes: 2041

February 19 - March 11, 2001
Do you, at least annually, validate the data backups you have offsite?

Yes: 66.67%
No: 33.33%

Total Votes: 3816

February 12 -February 18, 2001
Does your main data center use any of the following?

All: 37.85%
Combo of 2: 36.72%
UPS: 21.47%
Generator: 2.26%
Alternate Feed: 1.69%
None: 0.00%

Total Votes: 1593

January 29 -February 11, 2001
What is your main recovery strategy for data center operations?

Hotsite: 66.92%
Internal Solution: 24.06%
None: 7.52%
Reciprocal Agreement: 1.50%

Total Votes: 2394

January 22 -January 21, 2001
What is your annual BC Planning Budget?

Less than 500K: 65.74%
500K-1Million: 13.89%
1-2Million: 12.04%
More than 5Million: 5.56%
2-5Million: 2.78%

Total Votes: 1296

January 15 -January 21, 2001
Does your organization have a written policy on speaking to the press following a disruption/disaster?

Yes: 63.58%
No: 36.42%

Total Votes: 1963

January 8 -January 14, 2001
Does your organization utilize outside consultants for BC Planning efforts?

No: 66.88%
Yes: 33.12%

Total Votes: 2041

January 1 - January 7, 2001
Do you currently have a Work Area Recovery Vendor?

No: 59.17%
Yes: 40.83%

Total Votes: 1560