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Back to the Future of Disaster Recovery: Strategies to Future-Proof Your Business - Webinar Recording

Whether you're an owner, operations leader, or IT decision maker, this webinar will equip you with actionable strategies to safeguard your business from cyber threats, outages, and natural disasters. So hop into the DeLorean for for a deep-dive journey into Disaster Recovery (DR) with a practical, execution-focused lens to help you build or refine your organization’s response plan—no flux capacitor required.

In our last webinar, Redefining Practical Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, we sparked the discussion—think of it as our “1.21 gigawatt moment”—where we illuminated all of the reasons why a disaster recovery strategy is critical for business resilience. Now it’s time to hop in the DeLorean and rev it up to 88 mph.

Join Brian Gagnon, Chief Technology Officer at Uprise Partners, as he takes you on a deep-dive journey into Disaster Recovery (DR) with a practical, execution-focused lens to help you build or refine your organization’s response plan—no flux capacitor required.

You’ll learn:

  • How to build and structure a real-world DR playbook
  • What systems to prioritize—and how to define RTOs (Recovery Time Objectives)
  • Common pitfalls that could leave your DR plan stuck in 1955 (and how to avoid them)
  • Best practices for aligning your DR strategy with compliance and business continuity goals
  • Lessons learned from real-world recovery scenarios—great Scott, there’s a lot to take in!

Whether you're an owner, operations leader, or IT decision maker, this session will equip you with actionable strategies to safeguard your business from cyber threats, outages, and natural disasters.

Remember: the future isn’t written yet, but with a strategic DR plan, you’ll be ready when the moment strikes.

Brian Gagnon

Brian is a seasoned technologist boasting 25 years of expertise in crafting, expanding, and refining business ecosystems. His journey in the tech landscape has seen him at the helm of Global Systems Engineering at HGST/Western Digital, shaping strategies as a global architect at VMware, and founding and steering tech companies towards success.

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