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CXOs are aware of the need to adopt a cloud-first approach and change the way IT is delivered in response to the digital acceleration brought about by COVID-19 . Many have already done so , with 91 % increasing their cloud services usage in the first months of the pandemic and the majority will continue to do so , with 60 % planning to add more cloud services to their IT delivery strategy . However , while businesses recognize the need to accelerate their DX journeys over the next 12 months , 40 % acknowledge that economic uncertainty poses a threat to their DX initiatives . p
Until these inadequacies are addressed , genuine transformation will continue to evade organizations .”
Respondents stated that their data protection capabilities are unable to keep pace with the DX demands of their organization , posing a threat to business continuity , potentially leading to severe consequences for both business reputation and performance . Despite the integral role backup plays in modern data protection , 14 % of all data is not backed up at all and 58 % of recoveries fail , leaving businesses ’ data unprotected and irretrievable in the event of an outage by cyberattack .
Businesses are being held back by legacy IT and outdated data protection capabilities , as well as the time and money invested in responding to the most urgent challenges posed by COVID-19 .
Furthermore , unexpected outages are common , with 95 % of organizations experiencing them in the last 12 months ; and with one in four servers having at least one unexpected outage in the prior year , the impact of downtime and data loss is experienced all too frequently . Crucially , businesses are seeing this hit their bottom line .
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