ISLANDIA, N.Y., May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CA Technologies
(NASDAQ: CA) today announced an agreement with Microsoft to offer
customers its industry-leading CA ARCserve® data protection
technology as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering using
Microsoft's Windows Azure™ cloud platform.
The new cloud offering, scheduled for availability in the second
half of this year, is part of CA Technologies strategy for bringing
rapidly deployable, easy-to-own IT management solutions to market.
This solution will be especially attractive in situations where
conventional, internally deployed backup-and-restore systems and
software implementation may be less financially or operationally
appealing, such as small businesses or remote offices that lack the
necessary on-site IT staff.
CA Technologies use of Microsoft's Windows Azure platform for
this new solution extends a working relationship between the two
companies that has been providing high-value innovation to
customers for more than 20 years. This relationship includes
support for Microsoft Hyper-V™ and Microsoft's System Center
stack.
"CA Technologies' SaaS data protection solution is designed to
help customers cost-efficiently mitigate a wide range of
information risks, including system downtime and catastrophic data
loss across the customer's entire IT portfolio," said Walid Abu-Hadba, corporate vice president,
Microsoft Corporation. "This announcement underscores the shared
commitment of Microsoft and CA Technologies to the continued
expansion of the cloud market."
The new solution will be designed to meet the needs of CA
Technologies and Microsoft partners—especially those who may
incorporate its data protection functionality into their broader
cloud-based IT management offerings.
"By leveraging vendor solutions and their own expertise,
partners can offer customers the ability to cost-effectively
offload routine IT operations," said Mike
Crest, general manager, Data Management, CA Technologies.
"The combination of our CA ARCserve technology and Microsoft's
Windows Azure cloud platform will enable us to offer the partner
community a scalable, feature-rich, and fully configurable resource
for this growing management services market."
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About CA Technologies
CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and
solutions company with expertise across all IT environments – from
mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies
manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to
deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies innovative
products and services provide the insight and control essential for
IT organisations to power business agility. The majority of the
Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT
ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at
www.ca.com.
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