Disaster recovery services in the cloud for SMEs

In brief, Disaster recovery (DR) covers the process, policies and procedures related to preparing for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure critical to an organization after a natural or human-induced disaster. It is a critical aspect of Business Continuity Management (BCM), as without data, the business comes to a standstill. DR in cloud would allow SME´s to cut down their costs on expensive IT infrastructure and reduce the burden on IT department. This paper throws light upon the need for cloud and the services provided by cloud. It aims at provisioning the need for DR in companies and how DR in cloud would be the best service among all the cloud services and how the same would be highly beneficial to SME´s.