What are the top challenges with backups? (Select all that apply)

Backup tool integration31%

Implementation39%

Too manual/lack of automation43%

Difficulty expressing the need for backups to the business (e.g., hard to define ROI)35%

Initial costs36%

Ongoing costs (e.g., subscription or usage fees)29%

Protecting the backup files from cyber attacks21%

Other (share below!)0%


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Director of IT in Software, 201 - 500 employees
Drastic data growth that translates to significant backup size growth. Effectively upgrading your backup servers, proxies and repositories to keep up with all the data growth. If you use SaaS backup, then keeping up with the bandwidth increase.

Being able to recover the data in a timely manner.

Design of a proper air-gapped backup solution that will be effective, having immutable repositories.
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Director in Manufacturing, 1,001 - 5,000 employees
Ensuring you are backing up everything and dedication to testing regularly to ensure what you backed up works
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Very confident9%

Somewhat confident70%

Somewhat unconfident19%

Not at all confident2%

Other (explain in the comments)0%


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Yes, significantly26%

Yes, but not by much59%

No13%

Not sure3%


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