CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – January 30, 2023 – ark, an industry-leading hybrid IT, cloud computing, and data center services company, announces a flexible and robust Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS+) offering.
DRaaS+ is a new, three-tiered model designed to deliver the right service level for securing essential business systems and data. This latest service offering builds on ark’s proven track record for providing leading DRaaS solutions since 2015, and is a direct result of client feedback.
DraaS+ allows ark clients to choose their experience from a low-touch, infrastructure delivery-only model to a high-touch model, focused on regular validation and testing of the DR environment. With flexible compute consumption options of 100% commit, 50% commit and 25% commit, clients can optimize their spend in a predictable manner based on risk appetite and budget.
Business continuity is mission critical for today’s enterprises, however research shows that 93% of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or more due to a disaster, filed for bankruptcy within one year. Half of the businesses that found themselves without data management for this same time period filed for bankruptcy immediately1. ark’s DRaaS+ offering is a next-generation service model that provides the level of service its customers have come to expect, with a focus on business outcomes rather than just on infrastructure delivery.
“Ensuring businesses can bounce back from a disruptive event is no small feat. Staggering numbers paint a gloomy picture where most businesses will simply not survive a catastrophic data loss,” comments Jim Buie, President and CEO of ark. “We are delighted to offer a full range of disaster recovery services designed to offer the level of support our enterprise customers need, all housed in ark’s owned, purpose-built, enterprise-grade data centers.”
By utilizing best-in-class software on ark’s superior infrastructure, this solution will be available where and when it is most needed, in the event of a natural disaster or cyber-attack. Additional benefits include:
- No ingress or egress fees
- 100% infrastructure and platform SLA for all service tiers
- DR plan development, best practices review, and regular guided testing
- Expert level engineer guided DR declaration
- Various compute consumption models, allowing for predictable cost structure
To learn more about DRaaS+ and how ark helps enterprises navigate their digital transformation roadmaps across infrastructure, facilities, public or private cloud environments, consulting or security solutions, visit our Disaster Recovery as a Service page.
1National Archives & Records Administration
