The Ultimate Guide to Disaster Recovery
A curated Canadian edition of TechDay 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.
Canadian Disaster Recovery News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
QBE warns ransomware is top construction cyber threat
Each incident can halt site operations for 24 days on average as attackers exploit the sector's growing use of connected digital tools.
Kyndryl launches sovereignty assessment amid cloud concerns
Rising cloud and AI sovereignty risks are forcing firms to map data exposure and contingency plans as Kyndryl adds a readiness assessment.
World Backup Day 2026: In the age of AI, what are you really backing up?
AI disruptions and cyberattacks are forcing organisations to back up models, prompts and knowledge bases, not just files.
Advancing resilience and representation: Women leading the next era of technology
Women leaders are reshaping resilience in tech, turning complex risk into clear strategy while pushing for inclusion and real influence.
Oracle brings Database@Google Cloud service to Canada
Oracle has launched its Database@Google Cloud service in Montreal and Toronto, targeting Canadian multicloud and data sovereignty needs.
Canadian firms confident in disaster readiness but lack real plans
Canadian firms show highest confidence in disaster readiness globally, yet only 1% in high-risk areas have active plans, revealing major gaps in real crisis preparedness.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Disaster Recovery
Commvault named Gartner backup leader for 15th time
Rubrik launches cloud recovery tool for cyber attacks
8x8 launches Resolve for deskless workforce alerts
Group-IB named Gartner vendor in incident response guide
Pax8 & NinjaOne form global MSP referral partnership
Expert Columns
Mythos changes everything: Is your AI agent security ready?
World Backup Day 2026: In the age of AI, what are you really backing up?
Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes
Advancing resilience and representation: Women leading the next era of technology
From breach to recovery - 5 ways to prepare your IT team for the unexpected
How five digital forces will redefine banking by 2026
2026: Resilience, the new foundation of cybersecurity
Cloud backup security incident investigation complete and strengthened cyber resilience
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Recent Disaster Recovery News
AVANT & Assured unite to expand data backup services
AVANT and Assured Data Protection partner to offer enhanced managed backup and disaster recovery services across North America using Rubrik and Nutanix technologies.
Cloudhouse launches outage stress test amid AI risks
Businesses face greater outage exposure as cloud, automation and AI add hidden dependencies, especially when summer holidays thin IT teams.
Google details three uses for Cloud Router route policies
The controls are helping network teams filter routes, steer traffic and preserve appliance state without third-party virtual networking tools.
Commvault launches AI cyber resilience recovery test
The two-hour exercise is designed to show whether security teams can recover cleanly as AI-driven attacks can now unfold in minutes.
Barracuda buys Evo Security to bolster MSP identity tools
The deal gives managed service providers a broader way to control identities across customer systems as attacks on credentials and privileges rise.
BlackBerry adds Microsoft Teams link to AtHoc platform
Teams users can now handle critical alerts inside their usual workspace as BlackBerry extends AtHoc for faster responses to incidents.
Nasuni wins sixth NorthFace award, tops G2 reports
Audited feedback has lifted Nasuni's customer-service standing, with a 98% CSAT score and top G2 placements across 15 categories.
DXC launches Private Cloud+ for regulated workloads
Enterprises and agencies handling sensitive data now have a sovereign hybrid option as DXC targets stricter compliance and AI-ready workloads.
ControlMonkey adds backup correlation to cloud resilience
It gives security teams a single view of backup coverage and recovery risk, helping spot gaps before a cloud incident slows restoration.
Google Cloud adds cross-region backups for more workloads
Customers can now lower disaster-recovery costs while keeping backup copies outside the source region to meet outage and residency needs.
Commvault signs strategic Azure partnership with Microsoft
Azure customers will soon be able to buy and run Commvault's recovery tools inside Microsoft's cloud, simplifying cyber resilience and procurement.
NCC Group backs CREST AI Charter for cyber security
Customers may see clearer safeguards as cyber security firms adopt AI, with NCC Group joining a charter setting standards for oversight and transparency.
New Go ransomware Prinz Eugen hits newest files first
Victims risk losing the newest and most active data first as a Go-based encryptor targets recently modified files before older ones.
Virtuozzo wins Veeam Ready status for storage backup
Service providers can now run Veeam-based backup storage on existing infrastructure, after Virtuozzo Storage gained certified object storage status.
CloudCasa launches Kubernetes disaster recovery with HPE
The new service is aimed at reducing downtime and data loss for enterprises running Kubernetes and virtual machines across hybrid HPE environments.
Rapid Brigantine ties ClickFix malware to fake updates
BlueVoyant says a ClickFix malware campaign using fake browser updates is linked to the Rapid Brigantine ransomware ecosystem.
Rubrik ties AI security tools to AWS Bedrock AgentCore
AWS customers building AI agents gain policy enforcement and recovery tools as Rubrik extends its governance layer into Bedrock AgentCore.
HPE expands GreenLake with agentic AI & private cloud
The updates aim to help enterprises control AI sprawl, cut virtualisation costs and run regulated private clouds more securely across hybrid estates.
Cohesity launches Maestro to bring backup into AI apps
Backup and recovery tasks can now be triggered inside popular AI assistants, as Cohesity opens its tools to external workflows through MCP.
HPE expands Nvidia AI Factory with Vera CPU & security
Enterprise users will get tighter controls over AI agents as HPE adds Nvidia's Vera CPU, Agent Toolkit and confidential computing to its factory portfolio.