Automation Takes Center Stage in Enterprise Resilience: Fusion RM Launches Recovery Optimization

NEW YORK, NY – November 18, 2025

The Rising Cost of Downtime Drives Innovation

The financial impact of IT disruptions is a growing concern for businesses of all sizes. From ransomware attacks to natural disasters and simple human error, the potential for costly downtime is ever-present. Recent industry reports indicate that the average cost of IT downtime can easily exceed $300,000 per hour for mid-sized and large enterprises, with some organizations reporting losses reaching millions per hour. This pressure is driving demand for more robust and efficient resilience solutions, moving beyond traditional backup and recovery methods towards proactive risk management.

Against this backdrop, Fusion Risk Management has launched 'Recovery Optimization,' a new feature for its enterprise resilience platform. The patent-pending technology aims to drastically reduce recovery timeframes by automating the sequencing of system recovery after disruptions. This automation is designed to minimize downtime, protect revenue, and reduce the impact on customers, promising a shift from reactive response to proactive prevention.

Fusion’s Recovery Optimization: How it Works

Traditionally, recovering from a major disruption involves a complex, manual process of determining the order in which systems should be brought back online. This can be a time-consuming process, often taking days to complete, and requiring significant expertise. Fusion’s Recovery Optimization seeks to streamline this process by leveraging the platform’s integrated risk data and dependency mapping. The feature analyzes the interconnectedness of systems, identifying critical dependencies and prioritizing recovery based on business impact.

“The biggest challenge our clients face isn't just backing up data, it's restoring the right systems in the right order quickly enough to avoid substantial losses,” explained a source familiar with the development. “Recovery Optimization is designed to automate that decision-making process, allowing organizations to recover from disruptions much faster and more efficiently.”

According to Fusion, early adopters have experienced dramatic reductions in recovery time, with some reporting a decrease from days to mere minutes. While independent verification of these claims is currently limited, the potential benefits are substantial. The technology differentiates itself from traditional disaster recovery solutions by focusing on the sequencing of recovery, rather than simply replicating data.

Beyond Backup: A Broader Trend Towards Proactive Resilience

Fusion Risk Management’s Recovery Optimization isn’t an isolated innovation; it reflects a broader industry trend towards proactive resilience. Organizations are increasingly recognizing the limitations of relying solely on backup and recovery methods. The focus is shifting towards identifying potential threats, assessing vulnerabilities, and implementing preventative measures to minimize the likelihood of disruptions. This requires a holistic approach to risk management, encompassing business continuity, disaster recovery, and operational resilience.

Fusion’s platform is designed to facilitate this holistic approach, providing a single pane of glass for managing risk across the enterprise. By integrating risk data from various sources, the platform enables organizations to identify critical dependencies, assess potential impacts, and prioritize recovery efforts. The Recovery Optimization feature represents a significant step forward in this direction, automating a critical aspect of the recovery process.

Several industry analysts suggest that the move towards automated resilience will only accelerate in the coming years. “Organizations are under increasing pressure to minimize downtime and protect their revenue,” stated one risk management consultant. “Automation is key to achieving this goal, enabling organizations to respond to disruptions more quickly and effectively.” Competitors like VMware offer disaster recovery solutions, but Fusion emphasizes that its innovation centers on the automated sequencing of recovery, tailored to the unique dependencies within an organization's IT landscape.

Fusion’s commitment to innovation is evident in its recent developments, including its AI-powered assistant, Fusion Resilience Copilot. This highlights a broader strategy to automate tasks and provide insightful data for continuity and resilience programs. As the threat landscape continues to evolve, the ability to proactively manage risk and respond to disruptions will become increasingly critical for organizations of all sizes.