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