When it comes to planning a disaster recovery (DR) or business continuity (BC) implementation, some outside help and outsourcing is always a good idea. But what if you've decided to take the turnkey route, or simply want to get a sense of how turnkey options compare to varying degrees of in-house effort and participation?
In alphabetical order, here is a sampling of DR service providers for DR and BC turnkey services.
| Company name | Services offered | Target customer |
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| Advanced Vision Technology Group | Virtualized DR service, annual drills | Small, medium, enterprise |
| CA Inc. | Turnkey BC/DR services and solutions | Small, medium |
| Cervalis DR/BCP Services | Varying levels of DR/BC solutions | Small, medium, enterprise (NYC area) |
| Contingency Solutions LLC | Full range of DR/BC/compliance solutions | Small, medium, enterprise (government/government partner focus) |
| CyberVault Services Inc. | General DR/BC contracting/provision | Small, medium, enterprise, some government |
| Elliot Consulting Services | Turnkey BC/DR services and solutions | Medium, enterprise, government |
| eSureITy | Full range of DR/BC compliance solutions | Medium, enterprise in banking, insurance, healthcare, finance |
| FalconStor Software | Full range of DR/BC/backup/storage solutions | Small, medium, enterprise |
| First Source Solutions Ltd. | Turnkey DR/BC services and solutions | Medium, enterprise |
| Gilat Satcom | Turnkey BCP/DR services and solutions | Medium, enterprise, government |
| Green Oak Solutions LLC | Full range of DR/BC services and solutions | Medium, enterprise, government |
| Heit Inc. | Turnkey BC/DR services and solutions | Medium, enterprise in banking and financial services |
| Infoblox Inc. | Turnkey DR for core network services | Small, medium, enterprise |
| Inquest Corp. | Turnkey BC/DR services and solutions | Medium, enterprise |
| Qwest Communications | DR sites and services | Enterprise, government |
| Raging Wire Enterprises Solutions Inc. | Turnkey BC/DR services and solutions | Medium, enterprise |
| Strategic BCP | Turnkey BC/SR services and solutions | Small, medium, enterprise |
| Technical Architecture Solutions Pty Ltd. | Full range of DR/BC solutions | Medium, enterprise, government |
| Unisys | Full range of DR/BC solutions | Medium, enterprise, government |
| WSTECH | Full range of DR/BC solutions | Medium, enterprise in financial services |
If you are a DR/BC provider, and would like to be included in this list, email us.
About the authors: Justin Korelc is a freelance writer who specializes in information security and IT infrastructure topics; he's also a regular contributor to numerous TechTarget.com websites, including SearchSecurity.com, SearchVirtualization.com, and SearchWindows.com. Ed Tittel also writes regularly for numerous TechTarget sites; both contributed to the recent 4th edition of "The CISSP Study Guide" (Sybex/Wiley, 2008, ISBN: 9780470276884), which includes a chapter on DRP and BCP topics.
This was first published in December 2008