Hello, 

I'm rewriting a white paper for an IT services company and I'd like to
add a statistic for the percentage of corporate data that is on
individual laptops and PCs and not on company servers. (Business data
not stored on the company's server does not get backed up regularly
and is therefore at risk if the laptop/PC is stolen or
destroyed.)

Obviously this would be a rather rough number since it's difficult to
quantify, so an estimated range is acceptable.

Thanks!

Hi Marykayems!


Industry analysts estimate that from 60-75 percent of corporate data
is generated and "maintained" in locations other than the corporate
headquarters

ZDNet News: August 24, 2006, 
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9589_22-6109303.html


According to Gartner, 40 percent of corporate data now resides on handheld devices.

Information Security magazine 
Issue: Apr 2006 http://informationsecurity.techtarget.com/magPrintFriendly/0,293813,sid42_gci1175859,00.html



?According to The International Data Corporation (IDC), at every
company from the smallest business to the Global 2000, an estimated 60
percent of vital data is stored on individual PCs, with little or no
protection. Less than 8 percent of users backup their data on a daily
basis.?

Everdream
Top 10 Things to Know About Online Backup," (PDF) 
July 2006
http://www.everdream.com/resources/Report_OB_Top10_20060728.pdf


?Strategic Research Corp. claims that 60 percent of corporate data
resides outside of managed servers on remote desktops, networks and
mobile systems. Further, the consultancy estimates that 75 percent of
this "edge data" is either ineffectively protected or not protected at
all.?

Channel 3,  June, 2004  
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zd4170/is_200406/ai_n9520364


Search terms:
percent of corporate data is stored on individual PCs
"percent of corporate data"


I hope the data provided is useful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

Another home run! Thanks, Bobbie7, you've saved me untold hours of
research. I appreciate knowing the search terms you used, too; I'm a
poor researcher.
Marykayems

Dear Marykayems,

Thanks agqain for the rating and tip!

Sincerely,
Bobbie7