Why 2026 Will Redefine Disaster Recovery as We Know It

Historically, disaster recovery has been treated like an insurance policy – you invested in it, documented it, tested it occasionally, and hoped you would never need it. I suppose, for a time that approach worked well enough. That era is ending. As we push forward into 2026, the forces reshaping IT operations are also redefining what resilience really means. AI is no longer experimental. Multi-cloud is no longer optional. And disruption, whether from outages, security events, regulation, or environmental factors, is no longer rare. It is routine. As we look at 2026, three shifts stand out from where I sit.…