Expedient Debuts in Gartner’s 2017 Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service

Pittsburgh, PA (22 June 2017) – Expedient, a cloud computing and data center infrastructure as a service (IaaS) provider, today announced that Gartner, Inc., has positioned Expedient as a Niche Player in its 2017 Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service*.

This is the first year Expedient has appeared in the report, in which Gartner evaluated 23 Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) solutions providers on completeness of vision and ability to execute DRaaS solutions.

“We believe our positioning in the Magic Quadrant reflects our solutions-based approach to providing tailored IaaS services to our customers,” said Bryan Smith, Vice President of Product Strategy for Expedient. “We are proud of our track record of combining best-in-class software and national IaaS capabilities into right-sized, locally delivered solutions that meet our customers’ business objectives. Our continued innovation in our DRaaS solutions roadmap, including the introduction of our On-Site Private Cloud with Disaster Recovery as a Service, ensures that we’ll continue to help our customers achieve the outcome they are looking for.”

The full Magic Quadrant for DRaaS report can be accessed at no charge via Expedient’s website: https://www.expedient.com/2017-magic-quadrant.

*Gartner Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service, Ron Blair, Mark Thomas Jaggers, 19 June 2017  

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About Expedient**

Expedient is a cloud and data center infrastructure as a service (IaaS) provider with local operations in Pittsburgh, PA; Baltimore, MD; Boston, MA; Cleveland, OH; Columbus, OH; Indianapolis, IN and Memphis, TN. Converged solutions enable clients to focus on strategic business innovation, while the Expedient team handles operation of the information technology needed to support it. Expedient data centers are compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as well as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Service Organization Control (SOC) reports are published annually for all locations. Learn more at expedient.com.