CIOs know they should focus on DR, but there's little time to do so, given all the pressing priorities they must address, and, as a result, they have little confidence that their DR solution will perform when disaster strikes. Here's how CIOs can regain trust in their DR systems.
Disaster recovery (DR) is often no more than a checkbox item for IT, because the team spends so much time fighting fires and working to advance new, mission-critical implementations. To that point, DR didn't make CIOs' top five priorities in the Foundry State of the CIO 2024 survey. So, given the lack of focused attention on DR, it should come as no surprise that many CIOs lack confidence that their system will enable them to recover quickly in the event of a disaster or a ransomware attack, making DR an afterthought where it should truly be a proactive strategy.
Disasters come in many shapes and sizes, from natural disasters such as flash floods, hurricanes, and fires to technological misfortunes such as ransomware attacks and the failure of key servers. CIOs should prioritize selecting a DR solution that engenders trust. Because although DR has a reputation for being cumbersome and complex, it doesn't have to be that way, as long as you choose the right strategy for your organization.
When evaluating DR solutions, here are the characteristics CIOs need to consider:
Nutanix NCI eliminates complex IT silos, simplifies operations, and reduces costs while meeting SLAs across multiple environments, including hybrid. The system can fail over and fail back to anywhere the Nutanix Cloud Platform runs. NCI supports WORM-enabled object storage, and the new Nutanix Multicloud Snapshot Technology (MST) enables organizations to migrate snapshots to the cloud to deliver even faster RTOs.