(MSPAlliance) - Friday, April 28, 2006 - A recent Citrix survey found that 90 percent of medium- and large-sized UK companies have disaster plans in place based around having employees work from home to keep businesses running. Of those companies, another nine in 10 plan to use server-based computing and back-up servers, while three-quarters will use e-mail.
The large percentage of UK companies that have addressed this issue exhibits clear thinking on how to keep business running in times of disaster. Just under half of companies with disaster plans described them as "not completely structured and comprehensive."
About three-fifths of companies surveyed planned to equip employees with PDAs or Blackberrys, while roughly the same number planned to implement desktop-based collaboration tools. IT experts stress the importance to have appropriate systems in place to let staff work from home with maximum efficiency and security.
