Data Health Check
Please enter your details
Please select at least one answer.
First Name
Surname
Company
Company Postcode
Telephone
Email
* (required)
What best describes your business sector?
Banking & Finance
Construction & Property
Consumer Goods
Engineering
Health
Industrials
Leisure
Media
Natural Resources
Retailing
Support Services
Technology
Telecoms
Transport
Utilities
Legal
Charity/NPO
Education
Professional Services
Other
What best describes your position?
Corporate / board level responsible for IT
Director level responsible for ITIS / IT Management (inc. Network Managers etc)
General Management (inc. Product / Project Mgrs, Sales and Mktg)
Technical Specialists
Industry Analyst
Consultant
Other
How many employees are in your company?
1-24
25-49
50-99
100-249
250-499
500-999
1000-4999
5000+
What is your annual turnover?
<£5m
£5 - 9.9m
£10 - 24.9m
£25 – 49.9m
£50 – 99.9m
£100 – 249.9m
£250 – 499.9m
£500 – 999.9m
>£1000m
What is your current backup method?
None
Tapes only
Combination of disk and tape
Disk only
Online backup (between sites)
Online backup (to a third party backup company)
Other
How are backups taken offsite?
Designated member of staff takes backups offsite
Third party collection of backup media
Not taken offsite
Other
Do you find any of the following difficult to back up?
Tick all that apply
Email
Exchange
Groupwise
Lotus Domino/Notes
Other
Database
MSSQL
MySQL
Postgres SQL
Oracle
DB2
Informix
Other
Misc.
SAP
AS/400 /IBM System i
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Other
None
Which of the following areas of backup do you find challenging?
Tick all that apply
Laptops
Tablets or Smartphones
Remote offices
Virtual servers
SAN snapshots
None
Other
What are the causes of these difficulties?
Tick all that apply
Incompatibility with current backup system
Problems with the application/device to be backed up
Lack of human resources available
Lack of storage capacity
Insufficient backup window
Other
How confident are you in the effectiveness of your current backup solution?
Very Confident
Fairly Confident
Not Confident
How much data do you protect?
Less than 100GB
Between 100GB and 1TB
Between 1TB and 10TB
Between 10TB and 100TB
100TB – 500TB
500TB+
Are your backups encrypted?
Yes
No
How many restores have failed within the last 12 months?
None
Less than 10%
More than 10% but less than half
More than half
Not prepared to say
I don’t know
Do you use replication for any or all of your systems?
Yes – All
Yes - Some
No
What were the causes of any data losses over the last 12 months?
Tick all that apply
Hardware failure
Software failure
Corruption
Theft
Human error / accident
Internal security breach (member of staff)
External security breach (hacker / virus)
Natural disaster
Of the following, which had the most impact on your business?
Tick all that apply
Hardware failure
Software failure
Corruption
Theft
Human error / accident
Internal security breach (member of staff)
External security breach (hacker / virus)
Natural disaster
Do users in your organisation ever have company data (including email) on devices such as tablets, smartphones, laptops that are not provided by the company
Yes
No
Don't Know
Do you currently include smartphones and tablets as part of your corporate backup?
Yes
No
Don't Know
Does your company have a formal BYOD (bring your own device) policy?
Yes
No
Don't Know
Are you aware of your legal requirements for data retention?
Yes, I am fully compliant
Yes, but we may not be fully compliant
No
Do you have a data retention policy?
Yes, I must keep all data forever
Yes, I must keep data for a specific time period specified externally (e.g. 7 years for financial records)
Yes, We have an internally set policy
No
I don’t know
How much additional data do you anticipate storing next year?
Less than 10%
Between 10% and 25%
Between 25% and 50%
Between 50% and 100%
More than 100%
We intend to reduce our data storage next year
Do you have a Business Continuity Plan (i.e. which covers data recovery, communications and staff relocation)?
Yes
No but I am planning to
No and I am not planning to
I don’t know
Do you use virtual server environments?
Yes
No
What requirements do your customers have for a Disaster Recovery plan?
Insist that your business has a Disaster Recovery plan
Encourage your business to have a Disaster Recovery plan
Do not ask about a Disaster Recovery plan
In a Disaster Recovery scenario, rank the importance of the following to your business (1-6, 1 being most important, 6 being least critical)
Email
File Data
Telephone system
Client facing systems (CRM, etc)
Back office systems (Accounts, HR)
Website
Did you review your Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity or remote working policies in response to the London 2012 Olympics?
Yes
No
Which of the following cloud services have you already adopted?
Tick all that apply
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) or Backup as a Service (BaaS)
None
When you moved to “the cloud” who managed the migration
We managed it in-house
The cloud service provider
A third party systems integrator
Which of the following cloud services do you expect to adopt in the next 12 months?
Tick all that apply
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) or Backup as a Service (BaaS)
None
What is the most important factor in your decision to adopt cloud services?
Reducing cost
Improving technology
Improving resilience
Improving flexibility
Reducing Capital Expenditure
Other
Which of these factors do you consider important for choosing a cloud service provider?
Tick all that apply
Security
Reputation
Size of company
Functionality of service
Location of hosting
The cloud hypervisor software
The hardware
The standard of data centres
The location of the cloud service provider HQ
The standard of SLA (service level agreement)
What are your biggest concerns about adopting cloud services?
Tick all that apply
Cost
Security
Bandwidth
Legal/compliance issues
Potential job losses
Loss of control over systems
Reluctance from directors/senior management
Other
Have there been any job losses at your company due to the use of cloud computing?
Yes
No
Don't Know
Who makes the purchasing decisions for cloud computing at your company?
Tick all that apply
IT manager
IT Director
CIO
Finance Director
CEO
CFO
Individual department heads (HR Manager, Marketing Manager)
Board
Any and all of the above
Other
Which of the following do you think is most suited to moving to the cloud?
Tick all that apply
Email
Backup
DR
Archiving
CRM
Accounting and Finance Systems
Testing and development
Web hosting
High Performance Computing (HPC)
ERP
Telephony
Network monitoring
HR
Manufacturing Systems
CAD/Design
Payment and Billing Systems
Would you consider moving all IT to the cloud (completely)?
Yes, we are considering moving now
No, but we may in the future
No, we would never move completely to the cloud
Do stories in the news about 'cloud outages' make you less likely to use the cloud?
Yes
No
Makes no impact on decision
How do you archive emails?
Don’t archive
Delete older emails
Archive to PST files locally
Cloud archive
Onsite email archive product
Are you considering hosted email services?
Yes
No
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