Congratulations to DRJ on a very successful 75th conference! Here are my three takeaways from their Fall 2026 event, with nods to those who added to the conversations:
- Why you need to reprovision your clouds before restoring your data: kudos to Arpio and Firefly
- How expertise as-a-service enhances resilience: cheers to Recovery Point, Flexential, Assured Data Protection, and Kyndryl
- Resilience requires community: thanks ACP and BCI for being there
If you were at the event, what was your favorite takeaway?
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Congratulations to Disaster Recovery Journal on a very successful 75th conference. They’ve been bringing resilience professionals together twice a year for 38 years; longer than most of us have been in this industry. From an IT resilience lens, here are my top three takeaways.
Can you reprovision your clouds before you restore your data into them? The prerequisite question: do you even know how all those cloudy parts are stitched together? Imagine surviving a fire, flood, or tornado and since you’re prepared, your replacement couches and refrigerators show up the next day to a concrete slab, because that’s all that’s left. Check out my vlog on “Can you rebuild the house or simply recover the furniture?” for the longer version. A few resilience leaders have announcements or recent releases on this, but it was cool to see both Arpio and Firefly deliver DRJ sessions where each talked about this problem and their approach, and then pointed to the other’s session, which I thought was classy.
I love seeing all the service providers at DRJ. Most organizations of every size ought to utilize expertise as-a-service, even more than just getting your data into an offsite cloud; in fact, DPM’s research shows the number one type of third party involved in resilience is BaaS/DRaaS providers. So, it was good to see Recovery Point, Flexential, and Assured Data Protection with booths that stayed busy all conference. Speaking of expertise, gotta give props to my friends at Kyndryl at the event too. All four delivered sessions, so it was great to hear all of their learnings on improving IT resilience.
One thing I love about resilience conferences, especially DRJ, is walking the expo floor as a reminder that it’s not just about the tech, or not just the tech I’m most used to for backup and recovery. Resilience takes alerting … business continuity planning … auditing and compliance … consultants with expertise you likely can’t afford to hire, but ought to put on retainer. Resilience requires community. Speaking of community, was good to see both ACP and BCI, each of which help resilience professionals exchange ideas and learn from each other all year long.
If you are a resilience professional, come to one of these events; hopefully, I’ll see you next Spring. If you were at the event, what was your favorite takeaway?
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