Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) isn’t new, but thanks to advances in software, hardware and a vast amount of public cloud infrastructure throughout the world, it’s now easier than ever to become a DRaaS provider. Not only is it simpler to offer DRaaS, but thanks to the maturing of the cloud and rapidly declining prices for usage, a traditional systems integrator (SI) or VAR of any size can now offer it without building a datacenter. It’s also becoming more straightforward for partners with datacenters to deliver DRaaS in ways customers can now afford and easily manage. Those that have started offering this new class of DRaaS — or are in the throes of doing so — are discovering they can extend it to include other forms of storage, backup and replication services.