Ten years of Databarracks’ annual IT industry snapshot, Data Health Check

10 years is a long time. IT and cybersecurity have seen a huge amount of change since 2008 – so how do industry practitioners feel now vs 10 years ago? Much to our surprise, backup has remained remarkably consistent. Internal behaviours and procedures have remained steady. Opinions around the state of backup have shifted positively. […]

Databarracks scoops responsible business award for its work addressing IT resilience among SMEs

Databarracks has won the Barclays Developing Resilience category at the 2018 Business in the Community’s Responsible Business Awards. • One of 16 winners in UK’s most prestigious responsible business awards• Announced at a ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall Business continuity and disaster recovery provider, Databarracks has been named winner of the Barclays Developing Resilience Award […]

New research from Databarracks reveals over half of organisations are ‘very confident’ in their IT backup capabilities

Brand new research from business continuity and disaster recovery firm, Databarracks, has revealed organisational confidence in IT backup capabilities has risen dramatically over the past decade. Over 50 per cent of organisations feel ‘very confident’ in the state of their backup solutions, which is up from 33 per cent in 2008. First released 10 years ago, […]

Video: Databarracks win The Barclays Developing Resilience Award

Video time: 0 mins 44 seconds. Databarracks win The Barclays Developing Resilience Award 2018, for the way they have developed free-to-use online tools and a popular podcast to help small and medium-sized companies engage in, understand and implement IT resilience.

Databarracks scoops Responsible Business Award for its work addressing IT resilience amongst SMEs

Business continuity and disaster recovery provider, Databarracks has been named winner of the Barclays Developing Resilience Award at the Business in the Community’s 2018 Annual Responsible Business Gala in London, attended by nearly 1000 business leaders and influencers and hosted by Sir Lenny Henry. The event was the culmination of the 2018 Responsible Business Awards, run by Business […]

What’s the difference between business continuity and disaster recovery?

We get asked that question a lot. What’s the difference between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery? And what’s ‘resilience’ for that matter? It’s an interesting question, and there are specific industry and expert definitions. But, confusingly, they are often used interchangeably. In a broader business context, this is unhelpful. According to the BCI & DRJ, the […]

Databarracks video: Continuity tool shed – free tools for better recoveries

Video length: 31mins 14secs Over the past 3 years, we’ve been developing practical tools that take the heavy lifting out of in-depth continuity planning, making it faster and more approachable to newcomers. But there’s an important caveat. Shiny, interactive tools can trick you into feeling productive by outputting important-looking information. Without a plan, instructions, or […]

Databarracks video: How to write a business continuity plan

Video length: 30mins 28secs Business continuity has a PR problem. From the outside, it seems boring, difficult, and not a priority. According to our 2017 Data Health Check, less than half of organisations with small IT teams (1-5) have a BC plan.

Oosha and Databarracks combine to launch vendor independent cloud services in the UK

Databarracks, the UK’s specialist business continuity and IT disaster recovery provider, and Oosha, one of the leading providers of cloud desktop and managed IT services to the UK legal sector, have partnered to launch vendor independent cloud services in order to mitigate risk and allay the fears of organisations in the UK professional services market.   […]

Databarracks video: How to recover from ransomware 2017

Ransomware is the biggest cyber and continuity risk in 2017. It’s not just the NHS and small businesses – everyone is vulnerable. We’re even seeing global enterprises with big security investments and dedicated security teams get infected. Importantly, you have more options than to either pay the ransom or lose your data. It’s possible to […]