Four Tips For Optimizing Data Backup And Recovery Costs
Security Boulevard, Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
The best data backup and disaster recovery strategy does more than just optimize an organization's ability to restore operations quickly following a disruption. It also maximizes the bang that the business gets for its backup and recovery investments.
Indeed, the costs associated with data backup and recovery continue to grow steadily because the volumes of information that organizations need to protect are also increasing in size. For that reason, getting ahead of inefficient spending in this domain is critical for businesses that want to mitigate the risks of severe outages while still spending IT dollars efficiently over the long term.
But how, exactly, can companies square the circle between backup and recovery spending on the one hand and, on the other, protecting business continuity? That's a complicated question to answer because there are many variables at play in backup and recovery cost optimization. But I'm here to provide some guidance, based on my extensive experience helping businesses design, implement and operate backup and disaster recovery strategies.