The Ultimate Guide to Disaster Recovery
A curated UK edition of IndustrialDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Disaster Recovery (DR).
What to know about Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery is a crucial area of focus for businesses aiming to maintain continuity and resilience amid unexpected disruptions, whether due to natural events, cyberattacks, or system failures. This tag compiles a wealth of insights, practical advice, and evolving strategies on how organizations can safeguard their critical data and IT infrastructure to recover swiftly and effectively from disasters.
Through articles covering innovative technologies such as cloud-based disaster recovery solutions, automation in recovery testing, and virtualisation, readers gain an understanding of how modern approaches are reshaping traditional backup and recovery methods into more comprehensive disaster recovery plans. The stories highlight the importance of planning not just for backup but for rapid recovery, testing those plans regularly, and integrating business continuity considerations into IT strategies.
The tag also sheds light on real-world applications and challenges, such as handling ransomware threats, managing hybrid and multi-cloud environments, and ensuring data resilience across diverse operational scenarios. For businesses, IT professionals, and resellers alike, exploring the Disaster Recovery tag offers valuable perspectives on protecting digital assets, minimizing downtime, and building adaptable recovery frameworks capable of supporting today’s dynamic business landscape.
UK Disaster Recovery News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Acronis and Entanet strike UK channel partnership
More than 1,000 UK resellers could gain a single route to security, backup and IT management tools as demand for bundled services grows.
Assured launches CleanRoom SCAN for clean cyber recovery
Organisations hit by ransomware could cut recovery delays as Assured's new service checks backup data for hidden threats before restoration begins.
Novatech becomes UK's first Proxmox Gold Partner in shift
Rising VMware renewal bills are pushing businesses to seek open-source alternatives, with Novatech now able to offer accredited Proxmox support.
UK firms urged to prepare for new cyber security bill
Businesses face tighter reporting deadlines and larger fines under proposed rules that would also pull more suppliers into scope for the first time.
Telent expands ICT support for Maritime & Coastguard Agency
By consolidating support across 24 sites, the agency has cut supplier complexity and bolstered the resilience of systems behind search and rescue operations.
Why the quietest IT transformations can have the greatest impact
For Nest, the payoff from a cloud migration has been seamless service for more than 14 million savers and stronger cyber resilience.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Disaster Recovery
Thales launches UK-hosted HSM & quantum-safe Luna 8
Rocket Software adds AI tools for IBM i modernisation
Everpure named Gartner leader for enterprise storage
Google named Gartner leader for cloud-native platforms
Commvault named Gartner backup leader for 15th time
Expert Columns
The crown jewels of cybersecurity: What can your business not afford to lose
Why the quietest IT transformations can have the greatest impact
Small but mighty - micro data centres are the foundation of security and disaster recovery
Pragmatic modernisation: The disciplines that transform cloud operations
Designing for data sovereignty: Building architectures that keep control where it belongs
Seven Cyber Controls Businesses Can No Longer Afford to Overlook
Data Deduplication in the Era of Big Data: Challenges and Solutions
How businesses can avoid widespread harm from cloud outages
New UK Critical Third Party regime: why this is only the beginning for financial institutions
Boardroom breach: The questions every leadership team needs to ask
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
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Recent Disaster Recovery News
Commvault adds agent recovery for Bedrock & Foundry
It aims to help enterprises trace and undo unintended actions by AI agents before they spread across data, applications and infrastructure.
FluidCloud launches vHOP to speed VMware exit plans
Enterprises under pressure to leave VMware can now map security rules and dependencies before cutover, with plans generated in as little as three days.
Rubrik expands AWS cyber recovery tools for cloud apps
The update is aimed at cutting recovery times after cloud attacks by helping security teams spot deletions, assess blast radius and restore AWS apps.
Rubrik extends Google Cloud backup to BigQuery & Storage
The move gives organisations a separate recovery path for analytics and AI data, after attacks on cloud backups and identity systems have risen.
Rubrik adds cyber recovery tools for GitHub & Azure
Security teams can now spot suspicious repository activity and restore only malicious changes in GitHub and Azure DevOps after identity-based attacks.
AvePoint launches platform for AI governance & cost
Organisations are being urged to tighten controls as AvePoint says 88.4% have already suffered at least one AI agent-related security incident.
NAKIVO posts 13% revenue growth as EMEA leads quarter
EMEA generated 58% of quarterly sales as NAKIVO added customers, partners and enterprise deals across 190 countries.
Rubrik launches hosted backup for on-premise NAS data
The hosted service shifts backup storage and maintenance off site, aimed at enterprises under pressure from rising hardware costs and ransomware risk.
Raiffeisen slashes mainframe cyber recovery to two hours
Austrian bank IT services provider Raiffeisen Informatik said a total storage loss would now be recoverable in one to two hours, not seven days.
Dell expands cyber resilience tools for AI & identity
The new tools aim to help organisations recover faster from AI and identity breaches, as cyber incidents increasingly threaten business continuity.
Cohesity & IBM validate cloud recovery with Terraform
The validation gives businesses a faster way to restore cloud apps after AI-driven attacks, using approved Terraform code and backup data.
11:11 Systems buys IBM VMware customers in new deal
The deal expands 11:11 Systems' reach as Broadcom reshapes VMware partner support and enterprises seek continuity in cloud migrations.
UK organisations hit harder by cyberattacks on operations
UK firms are seeing more cyber incidents disrupt production, with 65% reporting operational impact in the past year, the highest among markets surveyed.
Commvault adds Microsoft 365 tools to spot safe backups
The new add-ons aim to help businesses avoid restoring infected files after cyberattacks, as Microsoft 365 remains a prime target for ransomware.
Kyndryl completes CLS data centre migration for FX trade
The first settlement cycle in the new environment processed nearly 2 million FX trades worth more than USD $9 trillion, testing its resilience.
MariaDB Ecosystem Hub passes 200 entries in six months
The directory now gives MariaDB users a faster way to find compatible tools, after the curated hub topped 200 entries in just six months.
11:11 Systems buys IBM VMware customers in eighth deal
The acquisition gives 11:11 Systems more enterprise accounts as Broadcom narrows VMware partners, but no financial terms were disclosed.
Most enterprise storage sits idle, CTERA study finds
Active data makes up just 4.4% of enterprise storage, raising costs, security exposure and AI search quality concerns for firms.
Engage2Excel expands StorONE storage platform to 1PB
The move could help the workforce solutions provider stretch existing flash capacity across production, backup and disaster recovery as data grows.
Commvault wins AWS data competency for relational databases
The recognition strengthens Commvault's position with cloud customers seeking automated backups and recovery tools for Amazon RDS and Aurora workloads.
Job Moves
Gearset appoints Mark Johnston as Chief Marketing Officer
CloudFirst appoints Scott Lee as Chief Revenue Officer
Scottish Continuity appoints Alison Stone as new Chair
Keepit appoints Michael Amsinck as Chief Product Officer
Dave Joyce steps in as CEO of Macrium amid industry growth
