ARMONK, N.Y., June 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned IBM as a
leader in the June 2016 Gartner Magic
Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) for the second
consecutive year. This year, IBM was positioned the highest in
ability to execute and the furthest in completeness of vision.
IBM offers one of the most comprehensive sets of related
professional and managed services. In addition, IBM has a solid
provider portal interface in place for configuring a virtual
recover data center, recovering servers, and monitoring testing
progress and completion, as well as one of the highest percentage
of supported hybrid configurations.
"We believe IBM's recognition in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for
Disaster Recovery as a Service report is due to the strength and
reach of our resiliency services portfolio, and the results our
clients are experiencing on a daily basis," said Laurence Guihard-Joly, General Manager, IBM
Resiliency Services. "Given the range of risks surrounding
businesses today, we are dedicated to continue delivering the most
advanced, secure solutions in the industry so clients – no matter
how hybrid their IT environments are – can focus first and foremost
on keeping their businesses up and running for long term
growth."
IBM Resiliency Services offers an innovative portfolio of
resiliency solutions and services with expanded public cloud
options to enable clients with greater flexibility and agility in
managing their backup and disaster recovery workloads. Today, IBM
operates over 300 global delivery data centers and 46 IBM Cloud
Data Centers across 68 countries to help companies worldwide
maintain continuous business operations and improve overall
resiliency for any size organization.
To view the full report and for more information on IBM
Resiliency Services, please visit ibm.com/services/resiliency.
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About IBM Global Technology Services
IBM Global
Technology Services offers end-to-end IT consulting and business
services supported by an unparalleled global delivery network that
is transforming its business to lead in an era of Cognitive and
Cloud. As a cloud services integrator, GTS is managing the services
and underlying infrastructure in an integrated and unified way. It
is modernizing clients' IT environments to help them meet the
increasingly complex customer demands. GTS provides clients with
innovative technology solutions that help them to improve their
business processes and in turn, profitability.
Media Contact: Conor Golden,
212-671-9422, cgolden@us.ibm.com
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