--- title: Charting a low-risk path to modern disaster recovery description: Disaster recovery solutions call for new thinking, architectures, and implementations, including a plan that minimizes business risk. canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/charting-low-risk-path-modern-disaster-recovery/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) # Charting a low-risk path to modern disaster recovery Several new forces have converged to highlight the urgent need for disaster recovery (DR) and to transform its business case. The sudden shift to remote work, the growing reliance on SaaS applications, and a surging cyberthreat environment have created daunting new challenges to preserving 24/7/365 business uptime. The high cost and relative inflexibility of traditional DR solutions call for new thinking, architectures, and implementations – including a path forward that minimizes business risks. With companies experiencing an average of 14 hours of IT downtime annually, resulting in 545 hours of lost employee productivity, there is a better way ... and we'll be sharing it at DRJ Spring 2021. [Try Now](https://www.acronis.com/en/products/cloud/trial/) [![Image 2: Kris Schulze](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/4ebd2c6ab90855a20d45286557169382.png)](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/kris-schulze/ "Kris Schulze") [Kris Schulze](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/kris-schulze/) 2 min read Last updated 29 April 2024 Several new forces have converged to highlight the urgent need for disaster recovery (DR) and to transform its business case. The sudden shift to remote work, the growing reliance on SaaS applications, and a surging cyberthreat environment have created daunting new challenges to preserving 24/7/365 business uptime. The high cost and relative inflexibility of traditional DR solutions call for new thinking, architectures, and implementations – including a path forward that minimizes business risks. With companies experiencing an average of 14 hours of IT downtime annually, resulting in 545 hours of lost employee productivity, there is a better way. ### Disaster recovery to keep your business running The path to modern disaster recovery isn’t as risky as you might think. We’ll be hosting a session at DRJ Spring 2021 in which the experts take a brief look at * Key drivers of DR decisions * Tech and business obstacles * Compelling features of implementation * The convergence of data protection with DR * and how testing and auditing have evolved past formerly cumbersome and painful obligations The panel session will be hosted by James Slaby, Director of Cyber Protection at Acronis. From the trenches, Biren Jajal and Len Tamasi empower partners and clients daily to protect their businesses and build DR strategies. They are leading voices on developing, understanding, and managing DR and are regularly involved in diverse projects. Raymond Sue joins them with a specialized view from a Solutions Engineer’s perspective. They will be joined by Keith Lukes, who brings decades of expertise in DR consulting to advise companies on the business and technical drivers of modern DR deployments. He brings deep knowledge of the current generation of leading DR vendor solutions. ### Join the live discussion This is a small sample of what you can expect from joining us from March 29 to April 1 at DRJ Spring 2021. Learn about the tools, build the connections, and receive the education you need to ensure your business can prepare for any situation. Be confident you can reduce downtime, ensure workplace safety and protect data integrity. You’ve got an important job to do, and we can give you the tools you need to do it successfully. If you and your team are tired of working with a complex, costly mess of solutions that don’t solve the modern security challenges your business faces, you’re not alone. We hope you’ll join us for the session and visit us at the Acronis booth to meet and talk to the DR experts. Anyone who visits will be entered to win a FitBit Versa 2. Winners will be announced after every 15-minute session. Register for your All-Access Virtual Conference pass at DRJ Spring and save with code ACRONIS10 here. 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