System and method for providing data and application continuity in a computer system

A system for providing data continuity for a plurality of client systems, each of the plurality of client systems including one or more client servers, said system comprising:

• a networking layer having a communication interface and a security infrastructure, said communication interface being configured to receive data from the plurality of client systems, and said security infrastructure being configured to authorize communication with the plurality of client systems;
• said communication interface being configured to handle one or more client environments associated with the plurality of client systems;
• a hardware infrastructure for providing a plurality of replication servers;
• a private network infrastructure configured for providing a private network configuration for each of the clients and said private network configuration including one or more of said plurality of replication servers corresponding to the one or more client servers associated with each of the clients;
• a replication engine configured to run on one or more of the client servers for replicating data in real-time from one or more of the client servers to the corresponding replication servers;
• a failover engine configured for switching one or more of said plurality of replication servers with the corresponding one or more client servers in response to a failover event.