Digital transformation needs DRaaS to succeed

While the industry is dominated by digital transformation initiatives, considering a cloud-first strategy is only one of two current imperatives. This is according to Routed MD Andrew Cruise, who adds: “Disaster Recovery (DR) planning needs to be a significant...

Critical business functions to maintain business stability

Business continuity plans have become even more valuable as Covid-19 sweeps across the globe forcing us into social distancing and then a lockdown. Many companies have been, and are still, scrambling to find their feet to face this pandemic with no crisis...

Business continuity in an uncertain world

Considering current world events, a global scaling-back on all fronts can be clearly visible — with travel bans, sporting events postponed, and business meetings being reformatted or cancelled. By Ian Jansen van Rensburg, senior systems engineer at VMware...

Data recovery times versus business continuity

The ability to recover your entire IT environment following a disaster is absolutely imperative. Not only can it affect infrastructure and networks, but also often the most mission critical element, which is business data. By Hemant Harie, MD of Gabsten Technologies...

The business imperative of software asset management

Software asset management (SAM) is critically important to help organisations reduce spend on software, operations, and support. By Nicole Oliveira, software services business unit lead at Altron Karabina Yet, many decision-makers are reluctant to embrace these tools....

Arcserve unveils DR planning

Arcserve has unveiled new strategies to help organisations prepare for and respond to unplanned downtime – stressing active participation across business units to ensure all stakeholders understand both the data risks and expectations for recovery. Today’s...