Survey: Lack of Business Continuity is Hurting India


Written by Phil on July 14, 2009 in Business Continuity, survey.

An uncertain power supply, compounded by a lack of business critical continuity solutions, cost India Inc Rs. 43,000 crore in 08-09 — approximately 1% of India’s GDP. Downtime is a constant problem for Indian enterprises, especially as one moves away from the major metros.

A recent joint survey by MAIT and Emerson Network Power said losses due to downtime have more than doubled since 2003. With significant companies relying on IT infrastructure for automation (around 62 % of the firms polled were extremely dependent upon IT and automation), productivity and business management, employee productivity and customer management were severely impacted by such downtime.

The study was conducted on around 800 firms across seven large cities (Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Pune). Infrastructure stress on power utilities was called a key reason for downtime.

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