A survey by BridgeHead Software shows disaster
recovery (DR) is increasingly prioritized for investment by IT
professionals within the health industry.
BridgeHead’s worldwide survey of healthcare professionals reveals that
55% of the respondents list DR among their top three investment
priorities for 2012. This is an increase of 11% over a similar survey
last year.
It is not a surprising development given that, according to BridgeHead,
30% of the world’s storage is already found in healthcare. Reasons
include increased medical imaging, moves towards ‘the paperless office’
involving retroactive scanning and archiving of historical records, and
adoption of the electronic health record. The situation is then
complicated by increasing government and regulatory pressure on how this
data should be protected and still available after system outages,
natural disasters, loss and theft.
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