3 things to consider before buying into Disaster Recovery as a Service

Grazed from CSO.  Author: David Geer.

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) backs up the whole environment, not just the data.  "Most of the providers I spoke with also offer a cloud-based environment to spin up the applications and data to when you declare a disaster," says Karyn Price, Industry Analyst, Cloud Computing Services, Frost & Sullivan. This enables enterprises to keep applications available.

Vendors offer DRaaS to increase their market share and revenues. Enterprises, especially small businesses are interested in the inexpensive yet comprehensive DR solution DRaaS offers. There are cautionary notes and considerations too that demand the smart businesss attention before and after buying into DRaaS…

DRaaS market drivers, vendors and differentiation

DRaaS is a wise move for cloud vendors hungry for a bigger slice of the infrastructure market.  "DRaaS is the first cloud service to offer value for an entire production infrastructure, all the servers and all the storage," says John P. Morency, Research Vice President, Gartner. This opens up more of the market, providing much higher revenues for vendors.  DRaaS creates new revenue streams and opportunities for vendors, too…

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