For a Third Time, Gartner Positions Sungard Availability Services as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)

WAYNE, Pa., June 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS) today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Leaders" quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service"¹ for the third year in a row.

"With the increasing digitization of key business functions, there is more at stake than ever before for organizations, as they can no longer afford to rely on cheap or simple disaster recovery," said Josh Crowe, Chief Technology Officer for Sungard AS. "Today's business threats demand a more holistic business resiliency and recovery approach that evolves with an organization. We designed our DRaaS offering to respond to our global customers' needs, and we will continue to develop solutions for future scenarios. We take great pride in being named by Gartner as a leader and we will continue to deliver the future of Disaster Recovery as a Service." 

Gartner evaluated 23 Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) providers for this year's Magic Quadrant. Service providers were evaluated against their ability to execute – to provide a DRaaS offering that meets customer feature/function requirements, as well as the provider's ability to operate the tool with a high level of service guarantee and customer support – and a completeness of vision – the ability to understand customer needs and translate them into products and services. Vendors that show a clear vision of their market listen, understand customer demands, and can shape or enhance market changes with their added vision.

According to Gartner, the firms in the "Leaders" quadrant of the DRaaS Magic Quadrant have "large, mature DRaaS practices. These players have significant industry experience, global capabilities, a focus on DRaaS as a stand-alone offering, and industry-leading vision with respect to meeting the needs of its intended target customer segments."

With nearly four decades delivering recovery solutions that apply to all facets of customers' production environments, Sungard AS understands that IT must deliver business results. Looking beyond just protecting data, Sungard AS DRaaS solutions deliver a holistic approach to business resiliency. Sungard AS' comprehensive DRaaS solutions are designed to be flexible enough to work with complex, bi-modal production and recovery environments, scaling up and down according specific business requirements, addressing a full range of recovery time and recovery point objectives (RTOs/RPOs). Sungard AS DRaaS solutions can be integrated with the full line of Sungard AS disaster recovery and business continuity services, including Managed Recovery services.

To view a copy of the 2017 Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service, visit: http://www.sungardas.com/en/resources/white-papers/sungard-leader-gartner-2017-magic-quadrant-disaster-recovery-as-a-service/

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About Sungard Availability Services

Sungard Availability Services ("Sungard AS") is a leading provider of critical production and recovery services to global enterprise companies. Sungard AS partners with customers across the globe to understand their business needs and provide production and recovery services tailored to help them achieve their desired business outcomes. Leveraging more than 35 years of experience, Sungard AS designs, builds and runs critical IT services that help customers manage complex IT, adapt quickly and build resiliency and availability. To learn more, visit www.sungardas.com or call 1-800-468-7483. Connect with us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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¹Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service" by Ron Blair and Mark Thomas Jaggers, 19 June 2017.

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