We live in an information age, and from young to old we all want to have information at our fingertips. This does not just apply to the consumption of news or social media, but it is simply a fact that many businesses will close their doors if they lose (or lose access to) their data. However, disaster can strike at any time, and as we have seen over the last few years, natural disasters have wreaked havoc on cities and countries in ways previously unimagined. Then along came the “cloud”. In this article, Anton Els previews his session at COLLABORATE on the topic of disaster recovery as a service.