FEATURE: DISASTER RECOVERY AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY
A new report from
Veeam reveals how many
organisations are not
sufficiently prepared for
effective data protection and
management. This points to
an urgent need to modernise
data protection and focus on
Business Continuity to enable
Digital Transformation.
As organisations look to
transform their business
operations and revolutionise
customer service, Digital
Transformation (DX) is at the top of most
CXO’s agendas; in fact, DX spending is
expected to approach US$7.4 trillion
between 2020 and 2023, a CAGR of 17.5%.
However, according to the latest industry
data released from Veeam Software, a
leader in backup solutions that deliver
Cloud Data Management, almost half of
global organisations are being hindered in
their DX journeys due to unreliable, legacy
technologies with 44% citing lack of IT skills
or expertise as another barrier to success.
Moreover, almost every company admitted
to experiencing downtime, with one out of
every 10 servers having unexpected outages
each year – problems that last for hours and
cost hundreds of thousands of dollars – and
this points to an urgent need to modernise
data protection and focus on Business
Continuity to enable DX.
The Veeam 2020 Data Protection Trends
Report surveyed more than 1,500 global
enterprises to understand their approach
toward data protection and management
and how they expect to be prepared for the
IT challenges they face, including reacting
to demand changes and interruptions in
service, as well as more aspirational goals of
IT modernisation and DX.
“Technology is constantly moving forward,
continually changing and transforming how
we do business – especially in these current
times as we’re all working in new ways.
Due to DX, it’s important to always look
at the ever-changing IT landscape to see
where businesses stand on their solutions,
challenges and goals,” said Danny Allan, CTO
and SVP of Product Strategy at Veeam.
“It’s great to see the global drive to
embrace technology to deliver a richer user
experience, however the Achilles Heel still
seems to be how to protect and manage
data across the hybrid cloud. Data protection
must move beyond outdated legacy
solutions to a higher state of intelligence
and be able to anticipate needs and meet
evolving demands. Based on our data, unless
business leaders recognise that – and act on
it – real transformation just won’t happen.”
The criticality of data
protection and availability
Respondents stated that data delivered
through IT has become the heart and soul
of most organisations, so it should not be
a surprise how important ‘data protection’
has become within IT teams, including not
VEEAM REPORT
Reveals need to
modernise data
protection
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