Why Is Enterprise Disaster Recovery Always Such A ... Disaster?
ComputerWorld, Thursday, December 4th, 2025
The key reason: most enterprises rely on pretty much the same disaster recovery plan they've used for years - even though their environment has changed dramatically, thanks to SaaS, cloud, and AI.
One of the brutal truths about enterprise disaster recovery (DR) strategies is that there is virtually no reliable way to truly test them. Sure, companies can certainly test the mechanics - but until disaster strikes, the recovery plan is activated and 300,000 workers and millions of customers start interacting with it, all bets are off.
Frank Trovato, a principal advisory director at Info-Tech Research Group, said environmental changes are a big part of the reason most disaster recovery arrangements fail in the real world.