White Paper
The Business Value of Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup
IDC’s study of Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup shows significant business value for cloud-based disaster recovery and backup. Organizations saw a 93% cut in unplanned downtime, 97% less productivity loss from data loss, 80% faster recovery, and 46% lower five-year operational costs. Benefits include improved agility, layered protection, automated failover, and compliance readiness. Teams reported 20% higher efficiency, faster deployments, and 370% five-year ROI with an eight-month payback. Azure’s integrated DPaaS approach streamlines BDR operations, reduces infrastructure spend, and boosts resilience across hybrid environments.