The 2019 Dell EMC Global Data Protection Index is out! Here is a summary of its key findings!
The 2019 Dell EMC Global Data Protection Index
The 2019 Dell EMC Global Data Protection Index is the third survey conducted by Dell EMC in collaboration with Vanson Bourne.
The survey involved 2,200 IT decision makers from public and private organisations (of 250+ employees) across 18 countries and 11 industries. It was designed to reveal the state of data protection in the Asia Pacific and Japan region.
What Did The 2019 Data Protection Index Reveal?
The 2019 Dell EMC Global Data Protection Index revealed a large increase in the amount of data managed – from 1.68 petabytes in 2016 to a staggering 8.13 petabytes in 2018.
They also saw a corresponding increase in awareness about the value of data, with 90% of the respondents aware about the value of the data they manage. However, only 35% are monetising their data.
The Index also noted that despite an impressive jump in the number of data protection leaders (from 1% to 13%) and “adopters” (from 8% to 53%) since 2016, most of the survey respondents still face challenges in implementing the right data protection measures.
- Organisations in Asia Pacific & Japan managed 8.13 PB of data in 2018 – an explosive growth of 384% compared to the 1.68 PB managed in 2016
- 90% of businesses see the potential value of data but only 35% are monetising it
- 94% face data protection challenges, and 43% struggle to find suitable data protection solutions for newer technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning
- More than a third (34%) of respondents are very confident that their data protection infrastructure is compliant with regional regulations, but only 18% believe their data protection solutions will meet all future challenges
The State Of Data Protection In APJ
Data disruptions and data loss happen more frequently in APJ organisations, than the global average. Some 80% of the APJ respondents reported experiencing some type of disruption over the last 12 months.
This is higher than the global average of 76%. Even worse – 32% were unable to recover their data using existing data protection solutions.
Although system downtime is a problem, the loss of data is particularly expensive. On average, 20 hours of downtime cost businesses US$ 494,869. The average data loss of 2.04 terabytes, on the other hand, costs nearly twice as much at US$ 939,703.
Challenges To Data Protection In APJ
The vast majority of respondents (some 94%) report that they encounter at least one barrier to data protection. The top three challenges in APJ was determined to be :
- The inability to keep track of and protect all data because of growth of DevOps and cloud development – 46% agree
- The complexity of configuring and operating data protection software/hardware – 45.6% agree
- The lack of data protection solutions for emerging technologies– 43.4% agree
They also struggled to find adequate data protection solutions for newer technologies :
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning data – 54% agree
- Cloud-native applications – 49% agree
- Internet of Things – 40% agree
Cloud Is Changing The Data Protection Landscape
[adrotate group=”2″]According to the 2019 Dell EMC Global Data Protection Index, organisations have increase their use of public cloud services – up from 27% in 2016 to 41% in 2018.
Nearly all of those organisations (99%) using public cloud, are leveraging it as part of their data protection strategy. The top use case – backup or snapshot services to protect data and workloads.
More than 60% of the respondents also consider the scalability of data protection solutions important, in anticipation of the inevitable boom of cloud workloads.
Regulation Is Not A Key Concern
Compliance with data privacy regulations like the UE’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is not a key concern for most of these organisations. Only 36% listed it as a top data protection challenge.
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