Former Rubrik director Steven Baker heads up Harbor Solutions for A/NZ

Cyber resiliency and data recovery MSP Harbor Solutions has entered the Australian and New Zealand (A/NZ) market with Steven Baker, former Rubrik regional sales director for A/NZ, leading the local expansion.

This marks the first step in the UK-based company’s wider Asia Pacific growth strategy.

In his new role as A/NZ country manager, Baker has been tasked with identifying and driving new opportunities for the cyber resiliency and data recovery MSP. He will report directly to Harbor Solutions’ chief revenue officer, James Connelly.

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Baker will also provide foundational leadership as well as oversee operations including sales, marketing, partnerships and customer outcomes as Harbor looks to grow in the broader region.

“Business resilience today relies on meticulous data management, ensuring security, maintaining compliance and mitigating risk are no longer optional …they’re essential,” said Baker.

“The region is at the forefront of technical adoption, especially in cloud technologies, and we see strong synergy between cloud tech and our expertise.”

Harbor Solutions CEO James Harris said clients need partners who can deliver cyber recovery outcomes amid this chaos.

“Clients today aren’t looking for just another vendor,” he said. “Our ability to operationalise complex recovery into clear, repeatable processes is what truly resonates in the A/NZ market.

Harbor’s move into A/NZ has been strongly encouraged by vendor partners like Rubrik.

“We’re not just expanding geographically; we’re scaling a model that’s proven to deliver results when it matters most,” Harris said.

Rubrik has signed Harbor up to offer localised, managed services around Rubrik’s data protection platform.

Many organisations today are still using back up technology that was never intended to support them in the wake of a cyberattack, said Rubrik regional vice president, A/NZ David Rajkovic.

As regulatory frameworks evolve and cloud adoption accelerates across the country, there was growing regional demand for repeatable supportable recovery outcomes, said Rubrik. This includes solutions that go beyond technology and address the complexities of people, process and incident response.

“Companies need a cyber resilience strategy that allows them to rapidly recover data and operations from a specific point in time, as close to the intrusion point as possible,” added Rajkovic.

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