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Orchestrator. The data centre incurs
changes all the time; the BC and DR plans
need to be able to accommodate that.
That’s one of the promises of Veeam
Availability Orchestrator in that DR
plans can be seamlessly tested in an
automated fashion.
Gone are the days where organisations test
once per year, with half of tests failing, until
the test is repeated next year with likely
the same result. The digitally transformed
organisation simply expects more.
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What are the potential risks to
enterprises that do not have
effective BC platforms?
The biggest shortfall is not knowing that
a BC DR strategy will meet expectations.
Everything from ‘can the users actually
access the failed over systems?’ ‘What about
external stakeholders?’ One example here is
accounting systems. Not so much receivable
systems but payable systems. Let me explain,
if an organisation is in a DR situation – and
they don’t pay their bills – they will damage
Rick Vanover, Director of Strategy for
Veeam Software
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