Businesses are becoming increasingly digitalised, with operations and customer experiences relying on data and devices being online all the time.
Application architectures and practices are evolving around high-availability and low-touch administration to allow rapid change, while also serving a variety of platforms.
Increasingly, this is putting tier-one business applications, such as enterprise resource planning and collaboration, on the frontline. These tier-one apps are the lifeblood of digital business: of real-time manufacturing, of decision taking, of customer interaction.
So, OK, you’ve digitalised your operation, but what if your system goes down or data is lost? Remember WannaCry in 2017: critical hospital systems locked down by a global ransomware outbreak?