Staff: A survey of 360 Exchange admins by DigiVault vendor Lucid8 claims:

  • Nearly 3/4 of the respondents had suffered from an Exchange disaster. 70% said their Exchange Server was down for at least eight hours, and 45% said it was down for over 24 hours per incident.
  • Almost half of the respondents said the cost of lost opportunity was over $5,000 per incident, and 23% reported that they had experienced permanent data loss from server disasters.
  • Only 25% reported using an e-mail archiving solution. However, half said they are either researching an archiving solution or planning to buy within the next 6 to 12 months.
  • 56% cited corporate e-mail compliance regulations as a major concern, and 42% felt it was critical to adhere to Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and SEC 17a4 regulations.

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