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

A method for providing data continuity for one or more client systems, said method comprising:

• receiving data from the one or more client systems;
• providing a replication engine configured to create one or more virtual servers, and said one or more virtual servers being configured for storing at least some of the data received from the one or more client systems;
• replicating said received data at a system level or on a block level in real-time;
• running one or more application programs on some of the data received from one of the client systems, and said one or more application programs corresponding to application programs running on the client system.

A system for providing data continuity for a plurality of client systems wherein the plurality of client systems include locally and remotely accessible client systems, said system comprising:

• a communication interface configured to receive data from the client systems;
• a security infrastructure configured to authorize communication with the client systems;
• a hardware infrastructure comprising a replication engine configured to create one or more virtual servers, and said one or more virtual servers being configured for storing at least some of the data received from the client systems;
• said replication engine being configured to replicate said received data at a system level or on a block level in real-time;
• a portal configured for providing an entity access to local and remote resources, said local and remote resources comprising the virtual servers associated with one or more of the client systems;
• said security infrastructure and said hardware instruction, and said access being based on credentials associated with said entity;
• and
• an access control mechanism configured to provide said entity with access to said local and remote resources for an unassociated client based on access rights granted to impersonate said unassociated client.

A method for providing data continuity for one or more local or remote client systems, said method comprising:

• receiving data from the one or more client systems;
• providing a replication engine configured to create one or more virtual servers, and said one or more virtual servers being configured for storing and accessing at least some of the data received from the one or more client systems;
• replicating said received data on a block level in real-time;
• running one or more application programs on some of said replicated data received from one of the client systems, and said one or more application programs being configured to represent one or more application programs running on the client system.