iland DR-as-a-Service

iland Internet Solutions Corporation, an enterprise cloud hosting provider and noted in DR-as-a-Service (DRaaS) by Forrester Research, Inc., announced a fast path from cloud-based backups to DRaaS using Veeam Cloud Connect technology.

The anticipated December release of Veeam Availability Suite v9 provides Veeam customers the ability to configure, test, and fail over to one of iland’s eight cloud locations around the world.

“Earlier this year, Veeam introduced cloud-based backup with Veeam cloud Connect. iland was a launch partner for this new technology, and in the ensuing months, hundreds of customers have engaged with iland to support their need for off-site storage of their VMware and Hyper-V VM backups,” said Justin Giardina, CTO, iland. “Now, Veeam is extending this technology to make it possible to execute a complete or partial fail-over into the cloud, and again, iland is at the front of the line, supporting this capability globally.“

In order to simplify the adoption of this technology, iland is releasing the service with a single line-item price, based strictly on the amount of storage required – and no hidden fees.

This includes:

• No setup fees
• No per-VM costs
• No bandwidth costs
• No additional costs for exceptional phone support from Veeam-certified cloud engineers
  

“Veeam’s replication technology makes it easy for organizations to gain the peace of mind that comes from knowing their businesses are protected by a full DRaaS solution,” said Lilac Schoenbeck, VP of product marketing and management, iland. “However many other cloud service providers ruin that simplicity by overwhelming customers with complex pricing schema or poorly executed customer support. iland is dedicated to making everything from pricing to support easy for the customer, and our commitment to a single line-item with no hidden fees sets us apart.“

iland has over 10 years of experience delivering DRaaS solutions and understands the criticality of testing to the success of a DR plan. Its service enables on-demand testing of its customers DRaaS solutions. Further, the Veeam technology enables customers to mix and match backup and DR, choosing how to protect each VM in their environment.

It also supports:

• Full and partial fail-over
• Encryption in-motion and at-rest of customer VMs
• Built-in traffic reduction mechanisms and network extension functionality to smooth the fail-over process
  

The extension to the iland cloud is easy to configure within the Veeam Availability Suite v9 console.

Analyst recognition for iland’s DRaaS leadership:
iland was positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the ‘Challenger’ quadrant of the 2015 Magic Quadrant for DR as a Service. In the Magic Quadrant for this market sector, Gartner analysts evaluated 14 service providers offering DRaaS, based on the criteria of ‘ability to execute’ and ‘completeness of vision.’ iland is also ranked as a leader in Forrester Research, Inc.’s report entitled, The Forrester Wave: Disaster-Recovery-As-A-Service Providers, Q1 2014. Forrester refers to iland as ‘the dark horse champion’ in the report. In the research firm’s evaluation, iland received the highest scores possible for its core DRaaS offerings, recovery objective capabilities, platform and application support, data resiliency and risk mitigation, security, value proposition and vision, as well as pricing, service levels and contract terms.