It goes with­out say­ing: data pro­tec­tion pro­to­cols — includ­ing back­up, restore, recov­ery, and defense against cyber threats — are para­mount to any seri­ous dig­i­tal strat­e­gy. In a time of surg­ing data cre­ation and pan­dem­ic-dri­ven dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion, your approach to data pro­tec­tion has tak­en on new significance. 

In this five-part series, Bri­an Stur­gis and Rob McLaugh­lin, fel­low SAP spe­cial­ists at Dell Tech­nolo­gies, laid out the four big ideas dom­i­nat­ing inter­ac­tions with SAP users as the effects of a glob­al pan­dem­ic make their mark on every­day busi­ness oper­a­tions. In the sec­ond post, they explored the height­ened focus on the cloud and the need to build a cloud-first strat­e­gy. In the third post, they delved more deeply into the scale and per­for­mance con­ver­sa­tion to under­stand how it’s evolv­ing and how recent expe­ri­ences can bet­ter pre­pare you for long-term SAP suc­cess. In the fourth post, they shared their per­spec­tives around the crit­i­cal issue of data man­age­ment strategy. 

In this final post, Rob shares a few impor­tant items for your 2021 SAP data pro­tec­tion checklist. 

1. Ensure Ser­vice-Lev­el Objec­tive (SLO) Protection