The digital transformation has fundamentally changed our IT landscapes, and with it, the challenges of backup and disaster recovery. Instead of just securing data, today it's about instant recovery and seamless failovers.

This talk shows how proactive emergency planning and preparation for disaster recovery go beyond ensuring business continuity: It becomes a catalyst for reducing technical debt and rejuvenating system architecture.

We show how seemingly "mandatory exercises" in the area of backup and recovery actually act as a driving force for sustainable improvement of the IT landscape. Imagine applying TDD (Test Driven Development) to your overall architecture to make your systems more robust and future-proof.