AT&T: Disaster planning low priority for small business
36 percent of smaller businesses (fewer than 100 employees) reported that business continuity planning is either not a priority or not important — compared with 27 percent of large companies
Organizing your receipts, flossing your teeth, and backing up your data are three of the top should-do tasks that rarely get done on a regular basis. Setting tax woes and personal hygiene aside for now, we should look at results of the 2007 AT&T Business Continuity Study, which found that a significant number of small business owners have their heads deep in the sand. Small Business Computing’s Lauren Simonds writes that the study revealed that 36 percent of smaller businesses (fewer than 100 employees) reported that business continuity planning is either not a priority or not important. That’s compared with 27 percent of large companies. These same companies, it turns out, are also less likely to have a business continuity plan in place compared to larger businesses
