IBM and Dubai Port, Customs and Free Zone Corporation and its technical arm, Dutech, have announced an agreement to launch a cloud-based disaster recovery service in Dubai, UAE. As part of the agreement, IBM will implement an IBM Cloud-based Disaster Recovery as a service (DRaaS) solution at Dutech's data centre. The new service will provide organizations in Dubai with cloud-based business continuity capabilities and faster disaster recovery of critical IT systems and the ability to store its data in-country.