The downturn spells opportunity for BC/DR services

Publication Date	June 2009
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	16
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00876

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Summary

The business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) market is changing, impacted not only by the increase in demand for data storage and archiving, but by changes in technology.

Content

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In a Nutshell
Defining the need for BC/DC services
Business continuity planning keeps the world turning
BC services: who needs them?
Traditional suppliers
Driving the market
More than just disasters
Regulation
The impact of the downturn on BC/DR spending
Virtualisation and the BC/DR market
Virtualisation brings added resilience to commodity platforms
Commodity technology does not negate the need for skills
Wintel server virtualisation broadens the market
Expanding the services
New approaches to workplace recovery
Changes in the target market
BC/DR services in mature markets
Expectations for solid growth in Europe
Germany
The Nordics
Benelux and Southern Europe
Tier-1 differentiators
New players and new opportunities
A fast-growing market
Putting a toe in the cloud
List of Tables
- Table 1: Data and system resiliency methods
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Data-driven risks and vulnerabilities
- Figure 2: Time and cost to recovery