Business Resilience Check
Are you making the right choices for your business?
We are living in interesting times. Now, more than ever, businesses need to be resilient to survive. If you’re an IT, procurement or financial decision maker, take our five-minute Business Resilience Check to find out if you’re making the right choices for your business. Once you’ve answered the questions and received your Business Resilience Check score, we’ll also give you access to our exclusive report: Is IT Failing the Cost Optimisation Challenge? All of your responses will be kept confidential and any information we use to share insights from the Check will be anonymised.
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First, tell us about yourself
What part of your business do you work in?
IT decision making
Finance and procurement
Other (end user)
1
First, tell us about yourself...
How many employees does your organisation have?
0 – 49
50 – 999
1,000 – 4,999
5,000+
2
Sorry this Check is designed for businesses with 50 or more employees.
Does your business have a set of clear security guidelines for remote workers?
3
Yes
No
To some extent
Do you have the means to recover business data in case of a security incident?
4
We’re working on it
Do you feel that your IT Infrastructure is capable of supporting the latest business applications, such as SAP, xero or Office 365?
5
Does your organisation have an IT strategy in place for the next three to five years?
6
Do employees have the tools they need (such as remote desktops, video conferencing software, secure cloud storage) to work efficiently while away from the office?
7
Some do
Can your IT team access back end systems (such as database management or ERP systems) while working remotely?
8
Is your business actively embracing digital transformation by using tools such as data analytics, augmented reality or IoT, to improve customer experience?
9
Can you quickly scale up and down your IT infrastructure as your requirements change?
10
How many software and cloud vendors do you work with?
11
0-19
20-49
50+
IT decision makers / 50 – 999 employees
Are you concerned about data security and keeping up with GDPR regulations?
Does your business have a back-up and disaster recovery system in place, in case of a system or storage outage or other events?
Does your business have a clear strategy to ensure its IT systems remain up to date?
How easy is it for your business to adopt new IT systems such as knowledge management or transaction processing systems?
Fairly easy
Not too difficult
Very difficult
Can your existing infrastructure support the latest secure collaboration solutions?
Do you have policies and procedures in place to ensure staff only use approved collaboration solutions, such as Teams and OneDrive, to share business information?
Where does digital transformation (such as data analytics, mixed reality or IoT) sit on your priority list?
We’re always looking for ways to use digital transformation to drive revenue
We’re aware of the benefits of digital transformation – but we’re busy right now
We don’t have anyone focussing on digital transformation for our business right now
Are you capturing and analysing data from your business to help drive decision-making?
Data lies at the heart of all our decision making and strategy
We use data to analyse results, but not for decision-making and strategy
We don’t have an effective means of collecting and analysing data
0-49
50-99
100+
IT decision makers / 1000 – 4,999 employees
IT decision makers / 5000+ employees
Has your business assessed the potential impact of a data/security breach?
The plan is a work in progress
Does your business have a strategic IT procurement plan aligned to your current business goals?
The plan is currently being reviewed
Do you have a cost reduction programme in place?
Yes – we already have cost-optimisation built into our systems
Yes – we are looking at ways to make our systems cost-efficient
No – we haven’t considered cost-optimisation
0-199
200-499
500+
Finance / Procurement / 50 – 999 employees
Does your business have a clear set of security guidelines for remote workers?
Are you aware of the financial implications of a data beach or other security incident?
Does your team have the necessary tools (such as remote desktops, video conferencing software, secure cloud storage) to work efficiently while away from the office?
Can your team access all the business information they need to work with potential partners and suppliers while working remotely?
Yes, but not easily
Does your business have a ‘hybrid cloud’ or ‘cloud first’ strategy?
We’ve already moved to the cloud
We’re in the process of moving workloads to the cloud
We have no plans to move to the cloud
Do you have access to the right information to be able to continuously manage your costs across cloud and software?
We’re looking into it
Is your business actively using digital transformation technologies, such as data analytics, augmented reality or IoT, to improve customer experience?
Can you quickly scale your IT infrastructure up and down as your requirements change?
If your business faced a software audit tomorrow, do you feel confident of being found compliant?
Fairly
Finance / Procurement / 1000 – 4,999 employees
Yes, easily
Do you have enough insight to make informed IT procurement decisions?
Yes, I have access to real-time data on our IT estate & consumption
I have access to limited data on our IT estate & consumption
I don’t have access to any data or insight into our IT estate & consumption
Where does digital transformation (such as data analytics mixed reality or IoT) sit on your priority list?
Finance / Procurement / 5000+ employees
Has your business assessed the potential financial impact of a data/security breach?
The plan is a working progress
Do you have procedures in place to ensure staff only use approved collaboration solutions, such as Teams and OneDrive, to share business information?
Do you have enough detail and insight to make informed IT procurement decisions?
We're looking into it
Is your business actively using digital innovation technologies, such as data analytics, augmented reality or IoT, to improve customer experience?
If you faced a software audit tomorrow, do you feel confident you would be found in compliance?
End user / 0 - 5000+ employees
Does your organisation have an automatic cloud backup system for documents and data (such as One Drive)?
For some things
Do you use a password manager (such as Keeper) to generate strong passwords for work accounts?
Sometimes
Do you use video conferencing to stay in touch with colleagues and clients?
Yes, often
No, never
Only when I have to
Do you receive adequate training in the tools and systems that you use?
A little
Do you keep all devices used for work, password or PIN protected?
Some but not all
How often do you share business information using your personal email, WhatsApp or Zoom account?
Never
Often
Rarely
Are you comfortable adopting new productivity tools (such as Streamtime, Office 365 or Trello)?
I’m always happy to embrace new productivity tools
I’m not that keen on new productivity tools - but will use them if asked
I don’t see the point in new productivity tools
Do you feel that your goals and KPIs are derived from a clear, data-led company strategy?
Yes – my goals are aligned to clear strategy based on business data
My goals are aligned to a strategy, but I don’t know if it is data-led
No – my company doesn’t share results strategy with employees
Would you like to continue working remotely once lockdown restrictions are eased?
Yes – all of the time
Your Business Resilience Score
You need to develop some more healthy habits.
0-5 points
You scored 0-5 out of 16 in our Business Resilience Check. Your business may be surviving now, but a renewed focus on security and compliance could help you keep on the track to success and reach your goal. Investment in remote workforce collaboration could also help your employees work more productively, and ultimately make your business more profitable. Read Connecting the Workplace with Office 365 and Teams to learn more. You should also keep up to date with security and compliance to avoid, or at least mitigate potentially disastrous security issues. To learn more, take a look at our Security Checklist for Remote Work. To get some valuable insights into how to cut costs, not IT staff – download your exclusive copy of our survey report: Is IT Failing the Cost Optimisation Challenge?
You have some healthy habits – keep building on them.
6-10 points
You scored 6-10 out of 16 in our Business Resilience Check. You’re well on the way to building a resilient business. Areas you might want to focus on going forward include workforce collaboration, security and compliance. A focus on workforce collaboration will help your employees work more productively and ultimately make your business more profitable. Read Connecting the Workplace with Office 365 and Teams to learn more. Keeping up to date with compliance is essential to avoid, or at least mitigate avoid potential security issues. To learn more, take a look at our Security Checklist for Remote Work. To get some valuable insights into how to cut costs, not IT staff – download your exclusive copy of our survey report: Is IT Failing the Cost Optimisation Challenge?
You’re in good health. Keep doing what you’re doing.
11-16 points
You scored 11-16 out of 16 in our Business Resilience Check. Well done – you’re actively running a healthy business. But as you know, staying fit means you can’t stand still, and there may be some areas you could still optimise. Read our blog Empowering Users to Work from Home for some top tips on how to get more from your remote workforce. To make sure you’re keeping up with the latest compliance guidelines, take a look at our Security Checklist for Remote Work. To get some valuable insights into how to cut costs, not IT staff – download your exclusive copy of our survey report: Is IT Failing the Cost Optimisation Challenge?
You scored 0-5 out of 16 in our Business Resilience Check. Your business may be surviving now, but a renewed focus on cost optimisation could help you keep on the track to success and reach your goal. Read our blog, A Solution to Overspending – Software Asset Management – to find out more. A focus on remote workforce collaboration will also help your employees work more productively, and ultimately make your business more profitable. Read Connecting the Workplace with Office 365 and Teams to learn more. To get some valuable insights into how to cut costs – download your exclusive copy of our survey report: Is IT Failing the Cost Optimisation Challenge?
You scored 6-10 out of 16 in our Business Resilience Check. You’re well on the way to building a resilient business, but don’t stop there. One area to explore is continuous cost optimisation projects to avoid wasted spend and allow you to re-invest in the new technology you need. Read our blog, A Solution to Overspending – Software Asset Management – to find out more. Investing in workforce collaboration solutions will help your employees work more productively and ultimately make your business more profitable. Read Connecting the Workplace with Office 365 and Teams to learn more. To get some valuable insights into how to cut costs – download your exclusive copy of our survey report: Is IT Failing the Cost Optimisation Challenge?
You’re in good health. Keep doing what you’re doing
You scored 11-16 out of 16 in our Business Resilience Check. Well done – you are actively running a healthy business. But as you know, staying fit means you can’t stand still, and there may be some areas you could still optimise. Read our blog Empowering Users to Work from Home for some top tips on how to get more from your remote workforce. To make sure you’re keeping up with the latest compliance guidelines, take a look at our Security Checklist for Remote Work. To learn how cost optimisation can help you free up funds for investment in digital transformation read: The Solution to Overspending: Software Asset management. To get some valuable insights into how to cut costs – download your exclusive copy of our survey report: Is IT Failing the Cost Optimisation Challenge?
You scored 0-5 out of 16 in our Business Resilience Check. You could do more to promote your company’s business resilience. For example, did you know that, according to Kaspersky, 52% of businesses believe that their biggest security risk comes from within? By following best practice on passwords and security and remote communication, you could prevent an expensive data breach. To make sure you’re keeping up with the latest guidelines for working remotely, take a look at our Security Checklist for Remote Work. To get some valuable insights into how IT departments are performing across different businesses download your exclusive copy of our survey report: Is IT Failing the Cost Optimisation Challenge?
You scored 6-10 out of 16 in our Business Resilience Check. You’re playing an active role in helping your business to survive in turbulent times – but there’s room for improvement. Perhaps you could do more to protect company data when working remotely? Or you might benefit from encouraging your employer to adopt the latest productivity and remote collaboration tools. Read Connecting the Workplace with Office 365 and Teams to learn more. To get some valuable insights into how IT departments are performing across different businesses download your exclusive copy of our survey report: Is IT Failing the Cost Optimisation Challenge?
You scored 11-16 out of 16 in our Business Resilience Check. Well done – you’re making a positive contribution to the health of your business. But as you know, staying fit means you can’t stand still, and there’s always room for improvement. To make sure you’re keeping up with the latest guidelines for working remotely, take a look at our Security Checklist for Remote Work. If you’re interested in the emerging tech trends that could affect the way you work in future, visit our website to access the report: Gartner Predicts 2020: Digital Workplace Applications Led by the New Work Nucleus. To get some valuable insights into how IT departments are performing across different businesses download your exclusive copy of our survey report: Is IT Failing the Cost Optimisation Challenge?
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