Databarracks, the technology and business resilience specialist has acquired Glasgow-based PlanB Consulting to enhance its Operational Resilience and Cyber Continuity consulting practice.
PlanB Consulting
Chris Butler, Resilience Director, Databarracks commented, “We are thrilled to have PlanB join us. PlanB has been a powerhouse in Business Continuity and Resilience for almost two decades. They’re widely known, highly respected, and one of the true thought pioneers in our industry."
"Led by the highly respected Charlie and Kim Maclean-Bristol, they are a multi-award-winning Business Continuity Consulting business and stalwarts of the resilience community.”
Cyber Resilience services
Kim Maclean-Bristol, Co-Founder and Director of PlanB explained, “We’re pleased to find a home with an organisation that gives us a broader market reach and shares our values and vision for changing the way we make organisations resilient."
"Together we bring a wide range of consulting skills, and real-world expertise and can now offer a complete range of Business Continuity, Crisis Management, and Cyber Resilience services.”
End-to-end operational resilience
Customers of the combined business can benefit from a full suite of end-to-end operational resilience services
Customers of the combined business can benefit from a full suite of end-to-end operational resilience services. From data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity, and incident response, to cyber incident exercises from a National Cyber Security Centre Assured Service Provider.
Mike Osborne, Chairman, Databarracks, “There is no better independent Business Continuity Consultancy than PlanB. I’ve spent 30+ years in the industry and over the last few years the market has fundamentally changed."
Data protection, technology recovery
“The old guard of BC specialists has been absorbed by generalist IT service providers. Sungard Availability Services sadly went into administration in the UK. Throughout the pandemic, many of the smaller consulting providers took in-house roles, leaving ‘the big four’ as an expensive alternative."
“The Operational Resilience market has become fractured across Cyber, Data Protection, IT Recovery, and Business Continuity Planning, now leaving few, if any, genuine specialists dedicated to end-to-end resilience. This acquisition creates a market-pioneering Data Protection, Technology Recovery, Business Continuity, and Cyber Resilience business offering in one.”
Cyber arms race
Chris Butler further comments “The world is undoubtedly more volatile and uncertain. Supply chains have come under extreme pressure and business interruptions remain highly likely. The cyber arms race shows little sign of peaking, and by the end of the decade, there will likely be few businesses that haven’t been targeted and impacted."
“The organisations that thrive will be those who are prepared for this changing environment. PlanB strengthens this integrated approach, cultivating dynamic leadership, adaptive operations, robust technology, and supportive supply chains to enable businesses to survive and prosper.”
