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Survey of CIOs reveals Olympic disruption concerns

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 11:41 AM PDT

- Almost ten percent believe Olympic chaos is guaranteed - Information storage ranks as CIO's biggest headache UK CIOs are concerned that the upcoming Olympic Games will affect their business, according to a survey conducted by ControlCircle, a leading UK managed services provider. A recent survey of 100 CIOs/COOs/IT heads identified that 77% respondents are concerned or slightly concerned that the Games will affect their ability to conduct business as usual. In addition, nearly one in ten of those surveyed said they predict that the Games will inflict likely chaos on their organisation. "Organisations are likely to have a major issue getting staff to and from data centres in Greater London," said Carmen Carey, CEO of ControlCircle. "Given our customer base and the position of our data centres we've spoken at length to a number of officials to establish levels of support required. Organisations need to ensure they too are in conversation with their service provider to guarantee they have the necessary capacity and logistical arrangements in place, as business won't stop, if anything it will increase." In the same survey respondents listed information storage (30%) and security (25%) as their biggest technology concerns for 2012. "This tallies with what [...]