Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 21 | Page 46

FEATURE: DISASTER RECOVERY Veeam’s expertise in Disaster Recovery has been recognised by the by Gartner Magic Quadrant for its data centre backup and recovery. This is the company’s fifth successive year of being included in the report. to disaster management, Availability becomes a critical capability that IT decision makers want immediately. Could you start by outlining your company’s expertise/offerings within the realm of Disaster Recovery? Our expertise is based on 10 years of undeniable innovation in the backup space, which paved the way for new capabilities that were brought to the market first by Veeam to transition to an Availability experience that has been enjoyed by over 230,000 plus organisations worldwide. This is going to be taken to a new level with our new Veeam Availability Orchestrator product, which will be available this year. At Veeam, we have put Availability as our top-line message. When it comes What would you identify as the different elements that form an Intelligent CIO spoke to Rick Vanover, the company’s director of technical product marketing and evangelism, about Veeam’s approach to Disaster Recovery. 46 INTELLIGENTCIO “I’d hope that organisations have given disaster recovery the requisite investment and preparation; but in fact this is not the case.” www.intelligentcio.com