Inquiry Insights: Business Continuity, Q3 2008

Every year, Forrester receives more than 265 inquiries on topics related to business resiliency such as business continuity, IT continuity, IT high availability, and data backup. Between August 2007 and August 2008, 62 end users made inquiries primarily on business continuity. At 33%, the most common topic of inquiry was business continuity standards, a topic we expect will pick up steam as more and more companies use these standards as a starting point for their business continuity management plans. Emergency communication was another hot topic at 26%, followed closely by organizational structures and staffing at 15% and business continuity planning software at 13%. Are these issues that your organization is addressing? If not, you may be falling behind your peers and competitors as they prioritize business continuity management and preparedness.