ISG Provider Lens™ Mainframes - Services & Solutions 2025 U.S. Public Sector Report

Recovery Point has been rated a Market Challenger for Mainframe as a Service (MFaaS) and Contender for Mainframe Operations in the ISG Provider Lens™ Mainframes – Services and Solutions 2025 U.S. Public Sector Report. For the study, ISG evaluated 29 vendors and services providers across four quadrants: Mainframe Optimization Services; Mainframe Application Modernization Services; Mainframe as a Service (MFaaS); and Mainframe Operations.

Of the 29 vendors evaluated, 12 qualified for MFaaS and 18 for Mainframe Operations. The 2025 report moved Recovery Point into the Market Challenger quadrant for MFaaS, which indicates that a company has a strong presence in the market and offers a significant edge over other vendors and providers based on competitive strength. ISG states in the report:

“With significant technical debt in the public sector and mission-critical systems frequently experiencing extended outages, rapid recovery strategies are a top priority for government and education IT leaders. The increasing importance of disaster recovery and cyber resilience enables Recovery Point to engage early in digital transformation initiatives, including mainframe modernization, positioning the company as a strategic partner for guiding and executing public sector IT resilience efforts. “

In addition to deep resiliency orchestration expertise in mainframe, power systems and X86-based technologies and tooling, Recovery Point delivers its services through owned Tier III, 2N data centers, with redundant connectivity into all hyper-scaled platforms.  Recovery Point has an extensive network of partnerships with colocation, network and other enabling service providers and OEMs, enabling multi-region backup and recovery, thus enhancing disaster recovery effectiveness.

Key highlights from the report:

• ISG recognizes that Recovery Point plays a critical role in orchestrating public sector disaster recovery, ensuring mission-critical systems for state and local agencies remain operational and protected against cyber threats.
• Benefits Delivered: Recovery Point delivers highly specialized mainframe DR capabilities, minimizing downtime and data loss with RPOs of 5-30 seconds and RTOs of 30-60 minutes. Through smooth onboarding, rigorous testing, and a proactive approach, Recovery Point has demonstrated the ability to reduce recovery time from 14 hours to just 30 minutes, ensuring clients remain resilient and compliant with regulatory requirements.
• Sweet Spot: Recovery Point is uniquely positioned to address the challenges of SLED organizations (cyber vulnerabilities, growing trend of hybrid architecture in the mainframe space, the demand for data from AI), providing dedicated, onshore DR and cyber resilience solutions that align with government compliance standards.
• Future Roadmap: Recovery Point is investing in advanced capabilities – including AI-driven automation – to enhance cyber resilience, business continuity, and rapid recovery. With a strong focus on protecting customers’ business performance, assets, IT ecosystems, and critical workloads, Recovery Point ensures organizations can safeguard and restore their data, applications, and infrastructure while meeting evolving regulatory requirements.

“As bad actors increasingly target mainframes and the supporting ecosystem, Recovery Point can provide proactive cyber resilience services to identify vulnerabilities and develop response plans. This includes creating immutable snapshots of backups, continuous security monitoring, and anomaly detection.“