Osool shifted from its traditional DR to the Nutanix Xi Leap service in less than two weeks – considerably faster than its previous setup, which the company said took about six months to deploy.

The two new cloud zones allow companies in KSA to keep all their data within the borders of the country, which meets with compliance requirements for many business sectors.

Between collaborating cybercriminals, the upwards trajectory of data growth and the distributed workforce, the risk factor for every business is accelerating. This is one reason why we expect to see most businesses increase their general IT spending by around 5-10% in the New Year, despite the economic impact of the pandemic.