Axcient provides Recovery-as-a-Service for businesses to protect their data and applications. The company’s platform manages data backup, data recovery, disaster recovery, regulatory compliance, cloud storage, online backup and granular data recovery from a single web-based service to eliminate data loss for small to large businesses.

In 2014, Axcient acquired DirectRestore, a granular recovery technology solutions provider. DirectRestore’s product portfolio enables the restoration of mainstream applications such as SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange database backups and replications which Axcient will integrate into their single solution and OEM the software. In July 2017, eFolder merged with Axcient.

Gartner rated Axcient as “Excellent” in its Critical Capabilities for Recovery as a Service report and a “Visionary” in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for DRaaS.  Axcient was also ranked as a “Leader” by Forrester in the Disaster Recovery as a Service Provider Forrester Wave and a “Leader” in the IDC MarketScape DRaaS vendor assessment.