FINAL WORD
Johnny Karam, Regional Vice President,
Emerging Region, of Veritas Technologies
be affected as Blockchain becomes more
prominent in 2019. Traditional backup will
give way to hyperconverged solutions.
Convergence will occur between
compliance, protection and security as
businesses continue to address risks and
exploit opportunity with the data they have
access to. In the coming year, organisations
that can effectively leverage Blockchain
will be the clear winners as technologies
continue to converge.
This makes Blockchain ripe for the backup
and recovery market because it can touch
all pieces of data, stored in any location.
As long as data exists, the need to tap into
that data will also exist – but who has access
to this data will be the real determinant of
Blockchain’s power.
In 2019, we’ll need to keep three groups in
mind: the user, the organisation and any third
parties. Individuals will need the opportunity
to delete their data and access it when they
like. Organisations will want to use insights
from the data to explore new opportunities.
And both parties should be concerned with
any threats from third parties.
Blockchain can provide a solution that
enables all of the above. But before it can
be widely adopted, factors such as people,
legality, business, culture and more will
need to be in agreement. In 2019, we will
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IN 2019, WE WILL
SEE MORE INNOVATORS
EXPERIMENTING WITH BLOCKCHAIN
USE CASES THAT DEMONSTRATE
MANY OF THE BLOCKCHAIN DATA
PROTECTION BENEFITS.
see more innovators experimenting with
Blockchain use cases that demonstrate many
of the Blockchain data protection benefits.
AI enables predictive insights and
data protection
In 2019, organisations will deploy more
technology that enables predictive insights
into IT infrastructure. Right now, most IT
managers are taking a rearview mirror
approach when reacting to unplanned
downtime caused by interruptions related
to software or hardware error, component
failure or something even more catastrophic
in the data centre.
Incorporating predictive technologies will
enable proactive monitoring for downtime and
faults so IT managers can take preventative
action before a disruption ever occurs. Being
more prescriptive can lead to fewer disruptions
and less downtime in operations.
More frequently, AI is enabling
predictability and will play a key role in
data protection in 2019 and in the future.
As businesses are continuing to adopt
more complex IT environments, such as
hyperconverged infrastructures and other
modern workloads, data protection will
also need to adapt. AI consistently learns
from the system as these dynamic IT
environments adapt and change.
Data protection stands to benefit the most
from AI enabled predictive insights by
reducing risk to data in a power disruption.
And with regulations such as GDPR
guaranteeing data protection for users
at a business’s expense, it is becoming
increasingly important to keep data under
lock and key. Proactive strategies to avoid
the repercussions of even a moment of
downtime will be critical for businesses in
2019 that need to provide round the clock
data support. n
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