The Ultimate Guide to Disaster Recovery
A curated UK edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Disaster Recovery (DR).
What to know about Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery is a crucial area of focus for businesses aiming to maintain continuity and resilience amid unexpected disruptions, whether due to natural events, cyberattacks, or system failures. This tag compiles a wealth of insights, practical advice, and evolving strategies on how organizations can safeguard their critical data and IT infrastructure to recover swiftly and effectively from disasters.
Through articles covering innovative technologies such as cloud-based disaster recovery solutions, automation in recovery testing, and virtualisation, readers gain an understanding of how modern approaches are reshaping traditional backup and recovery methods into more comprehensive disaster recovery plans. The stories highlight the importance of planning not just for backup but for rapid recovery, testing those plans regularly, and integrating business continuity considerations into IT strategies.
The tag also sheds light on real-world applications and challenges, such as handling ransomware threats, managing hybrid and multi-cloud environments, and ensuring data resilience across diverse operational scenarios. For businesses, IT professionals, and resellers alike, exploring the Disaster Recovery tag offers valuable perspectives on protecting digital assets, minimizing downtime, and building adaptable recovery frameworks capable of supporting today’s dynamic business landscape.
UK Disaster Recovery News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
UK cyber survey criticised over AI threat blindness
UK cyber survey criticised as specialists say AI-driven attacks are outpacing business defences, with SMEs still weak on training, backups and response.
Atos wins LCH SA cloud migration deal for clearing systems
Atos secures three-year cloud migration contract from LCH SA, moving core clearing-house systems to a SecNumCloud-qualified environment.
Cyber Essentials updates tighten remote working rules
NCSC overhaul of Cyber Essentials makes multi-factor authentication compulsory and sharpens rules on remote working, device ownership and patching.
Bloxley chooses Equals Money for cross-border push
Bloxley has chosen Equals Money to power multi-currency accounts and cross-border payments as the AI-driven neobank prepares a European launch.
BlackBox Hosting partners Everpure for sovereign cloud
BlackBox Hosting and Everpure have teamed up to expand UK sovereign cloud services, as businesses seek more control over data, resilience and compliance.
What cyber resilience means in 2026
Cyber resilience in 2026 shifts from perfect prevention to sharper response, as UK security leaders prioritise sustainability, visibility and judgement.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Disaster Recovery
Pax8 & NinjaOne form global MSP referral partnership
Rubrik launches Google Cloud tools for AI governance
Rubrik revamps MSP programme with PayGo & 24/7 support
Rubrik unveils MSP PayGo pricing & Rubrik Verified plan
Tech Mahindra & Rubrik launch AI cyber recovery service
Featured News
Expert Columns
What cyber resilience means in 2026
Mythos changes everything: Is your AI agent security ready?
Re-thinking cyber security from prevention to operational resilience
Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes
Giving trust to gain impact: What I've learned as a woman in tech
From breach to recovery - 5 ways to prepare your IT team for the unexpected
How five digital forces will redefine banking by 2026
Why lenders need fintech-level payments
2026: Resilience, the new foundation of cybersecurity
Cloud backup security incident investigation complete and strengthened cyber resilience
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Recent Disaster Recovery News
Payment failures put GBP £1.7bn in UK sales at risk
UK retailers and venues face rising risk from payment outages as new research warns lost sales, customer anger and staff pressure can escalate within minutes.
Anthropic's Mythos AI sparks UK bank cyber stability alarm
Banks and regulators race to assess Anthropic's controlled Mythos access, as AI cyber testing raises fears over payments, trading and wider financial stability.
GARR & Cubbit launch storage network for universities
GARR and Cubbit pilot Europe's first federated storage network for Italian universities, starting with 1 petabyte across data centres in Bologna, Rome and Bari.
UK firms back AI workloads but doubt cyber recovery
UK organisations back up AI workloads widely, yet only 39% say they are fully confident they could restore cloud data after a cyberattack.
London adds tape archive choice for Geyser Data users
Geyser Data and Spectra Logic bring tape-as-a-service archiving to London, giving customers a new European option for low-cost cold data retention.
UK manufacturers hit by cyber attacks, survey finds
Cyber attacks hit 78% of UK manufacturers in the past year, with most suffering downtime, lost revenue and supply chain disruption, survey finds.
Monument to tokenise retail deposits on Midnight blockchain
Monument to tokenise GBP £250 million of retail deposits on Midnight blockchain in UK first, keeping savings protected and interest-bearing.
CWCS opens Nottingham data centre to boost capacity
CWCS opens Nottingham data centre to lift cloud and colocation capacity, targeting low-emission hosting for AI and high-density workloads.
RANsemi chip powers Apeiroon deployable 5G systems
RANsemi teams up with Apeiroon to put its RNS802 chip into backpack and vehicle-mounted 4G and 5G systems for field deployments.
SumUp adds in-app investing for merchants with Upvest
SumUp adds Upvest-powered in-app investing in Germany, letting small firms put EUR €1 into fractional money market funds via its app.
Mintivo signs IT support deal with Prospect Hospice
Prospect Hospice appoints Mintivo to overhaul IT support, aiming to boost system reliability and free staff to focus on patient care.
Re-thinking cyber security from prevention to operational resilience
As logins replace break‑ins, experts urge a shift from perimeter defence to operational cyber resilience grounded in identity security.
Manchester City names N-able as official cyber partner
Manchester City appoints N-able as official cyber partner to safeguard its expanding digital operations and global fan data footprint.
NHS telephony faces hidden risks in PSTN switch-off
NHS telecoms overhaul exposes hidden legacy risks as PSTN retirement and pandemic pressures force trusts to confront fragile systems.
Rubrik & Rackspace unveil UK sovereign cyber recovery cloud
Rubrik and Rackspace launch UK Sovereign Cyber Recovery Cloud to restore vital services after ransomware while keeping data under UK control.
Barclays & Sage link up to ease small business admin
Barclays and Sage are teaming up to link banking with cloud accounting, aiming to slash admin time for UK small firms as tax rules tighten.
Worldstream & Cubbit unveil Dutch sovereign S3 cloud
Worldstream and Cubbit launch Netherlands-only S3 cloud storage, promising data sovereignty, predictable pricing and European compliance.
Bilder taps xpate for instant card funding across borders
Bilder integrates xpate's card top-ups to offer 24/7 instant multi-currency account funding for cross-border customers and businesses.
Cloudhouse unveils free tool to price IT outage costs
Cloudhouse launches free calculator to put a price on IT outages, as research pegs average unplanned downtime at over USD $14,000 a minute.
Giving trust to gain impact: What I've learned as a woman in tech
A tech leader reflects on how trust, mentorship and flexible work can unlock women's voices, reshape teams and build more inclusive products.
