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Let's face it, because of the pandemic a lot of companies were caught off guard with insufficient plans for data protection and disaster recovery. They secure infrastructure, ensure apps are available and data is safe in case of a large-scale disaster.

IBM announced it has built a disaster recovery site using IBM Cloud infrastructure, intended to help KAZ Minerals protect and maintain operations - even in case of a disaster. With natural disasters globally becoming more common and unpredictable, the company needed to update its business continuity planning, so it turned to IBM to develop a cloud-based disaster recovery site for its on-premises data center.

Other than the network delay between the Ring doorbell, the mobile app, and the Ring Chime, my biggest complaint is the speed at which Ring deploys updates. The new Ring Always Home Cam is a security camera that rests on a base, but when called upon, it will lift off that base and fly around your home in either autonomous paths or pre-programmed patterns.

Druva announced beta support for Kubernetes workloads which delivers complete application protection that is accessible by all teams, including the central IT team and DevOps. Now, instead of adopting yet another point backup tool specifically for Kubernetes, businesses can protect Kubernetes applications and their underlying infrastructure within Druva alongside their existing workloads.

RackWare is expanding its offering to allow businesses to easily migrate to and protect containers in the cloud. RackWare's new Kubernetes offering, SWIFT, augments RackWare's industry leading server migration and disaster recovery solutions, enabling the movement of containers from on-premise to the cloud, and from cloud-to-cloud.

ERP security: Dispelling common misconceptionsThe various applications integrated in ERP systems collect, store, manage, and interpret sensitive data from the many business activities, which allows organizations to improve their efficiency in the long run. Needless to say, the security of such a crucial system and all the data it stores should be paramount for every organization.

Although 97% of organizations said that Active Directory is mission-critical, more than half never actually tested their AD cyber disaster recovery process or do not have a plan in place at all, a Semperis survey of over 350 identity-centric security leaders reveals. Exactly 33% of organizations said they have an AD cyber disaster recovery plan but never tested it, while 21% have no plan in place at all.

Despite a quarter of respondents saying they could recover data lost in a disaster in under 10 minutes and 30% in under an hour, 16% confess that they don't know their RTO, or recovery time objective, which is an important measure that shows how quickly an organization can bounce back from a data loss. "Make no mistake," Reeder said, "If a business does not have a disaster recovery solution in place, or at the very least a solution to back up its data, there is no way it can get the data back from a data loss event."

Ninety-two percent of SMB executives said they believe their businesses are prepared to recover from a disaster. "That data suggests that there are either varying definitions of what it means to be able to recover from a disaster or, quite simply, a lack of understanding of what it truly means to be able to recover from a disaster. Make no mistake, if a business does not have a disaster recovery solution in place, or at the very least a solution to back up its data, there is no way it can get the data back from a data loss event."

Nutanix, a leader in enterprise cloud computing, announced several new capabilities in its hyperconverged infrastructure software and AHV hypervisor to protect business-critical applications and maintain continuous business operations in the face of a possible disaster. The new capabilities in Nutanix HCI and AHV help enable customers to confidently deliver mission-critical applications with significantly less complexity and lower management overhead. "Maintaining continuous business operations is a high priority for all types of companies and organizations," said Greg Smith, VP of Product Marketing at Nutanix.