According to a report by Axcient, which surveyed more than 500 VMware users and IT professionals at VMworld 2016 in August, disaster recovery and data protection are among the top strategic initiatives for IT organizations in 2016. Thirty-six percent of respondents indicated that disaster recovery was top priority for 2016. In a separate report by CTERA, 39 percent of respondents claim that ensuring business continuity is the highest priority when backing up applications and data running in the cloud.