HP Buys 3Par for $2.4 billion

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Posted on 2nd September 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting

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According to the release, the 3PAR board of directors has determined that HP’s revised proposal constitutes a “Superior Proposal” (as that term is defined in 3PAR’s merger agreement with Dell). Accordingly, 3PAR notified Dell of its intention to terminate its merger agreement with Dell immediately following the expiration of the three business day period contemplated by, and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in, its merger agreement with Dell in order to enter into a merger agreement with HP on the terms set forth in HP’s revised acquisition proposal.

This latest offer more than doubles Dell’s original bid for 3PAR, which was high to begin with. 3PAR provides a virtualized utility storage platform that enables customers to significant drive down cloud computing infrastructure, storage and associated management costs.

It looks like this bidding war is over, and it’s about time… I think I’m going to go grab me some cereal!

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Infrastructure-as-a-Service With Disaster Recovery Services

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Posted on 12th July 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting

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3PAR announced that CentriLogic has become the first member of the 3PAR Cloud-Agile partner program in Canada. CentriLogic has chosen the 3PAR InServ F-Class Storage Server to power its multi-facility Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage platforms. In addition, as a 3PAR Cloud-Agile: ASSURED partner, CentriLogic has chosen 3PAR Remote Copy software to deliver Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service.

“We decided to go with 3PAR over the competition because of its superior technology and the business benefits offered by the Cloud-Agile program,” said Jim Latimer, VP of Client Solutions at CentriLogic. “We view 3PAR’s ease of use, availability, scalability, and cross-facility capabilities as crucial to helping us meet our customers’ demands, and we believe the 3PAR Cloud-Agile program to be an important vehicle in helping drive new business.”

“The InServ F-Class offered us superior, load-balanced performance and reliability as compared with the other storage arrays we evaluated,” said Latimer. “Built-in tiered storage capabilities and the ability to cost-efficiently accommodate workloads with varying service level requirements give us the ability to effectively and efficiently tailor solutions to customer needs. In addition, by offering Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service via 3PAR Remote Copy and 3PAR Cloud-Agile: ASSURED, we were able to avoid professional services costs present with other platforms.”

“We are excited to welcome our first 3PAR Cloud-Agile partner in Canada, and to support CentriLogic’s Cloud offerings,” said David Scott, President and CEO for 3PAR. “Since its launch last year, the Cloud-Agile program has gained tremendous traction. With this new addition to the program, the Cloud-Agile partner ecosystem now encompasses leading hosting service providers in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, and South Africa.”

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Smarsh Saves Big in the Cloud

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Posted on 7th July 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting

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Smarsh started using 3PAR Utility Storage for it’s secure cloud infrastructure. Smarsh deployed the InServ T-Class Storage Server to support its Microsoft SQL Server database, and a second T-Class array to handle backup and recovery. Result = it reduced its database storage footprint by 66%, storage capacity requirements by 45%, and provisioning time by 40%.

“We evaluated multiple vendors and found that only 3PAR could address the unique reliability, performance, and scalability challenges we were facing while supporting SQL Server Always On Technologies,” said Stephen Marsh, CEO and founder of Smarsh. “In addition, 3PAR delivered superior technology as compared to other leading storage vendors.”

Smarsh experienced the following benefits by switching to the cloud:

  • Scalable performance: 3PAR’s massively parallel and autonomically load-balanced architecture has continued to deliver increasing performance and agility levels amidst exponential increases in data and user volume at Smarsh.
  • Always On Technologies: 3PAR’s support for Microsoft’s SQL Server Always On Technologies has enabled Smarsh to deliver customers continuous access to their billions of archived emails, even as thecompany has continued to scale to accommodate growth.
  • Maximum capacity utilization: With 3PAR, Smarsh has reduced its SQL storage footprint by two-thirds and nearly halved capacity requirements by improving capacity utilization using 3PAR’s Fast RAID technology and 3PAR Thin Provisioning software.
  • Expedited application development: 3PAR has helped Smarsh to accelerate the development and testing of new applications by enabling the company’s internal departments to share production-quality SQL Server data instantly, affordably, and flexibly using 3PAR Virtual Copy.
  • Rapid response to change: With its 3PAR InServ arrays, Smarsh has gained the ability to mix storage tiers and protocols within the same system, while autonomic tiered storage capabilities ensure the service provider’s ability to respond rapidly to changing business conditions for significantly less than monolithic storage.

“3PAR Utility Storage provided the resilient cloud infrastructure that Smarsh required to scale its business simply and efficiently while ensuring high and consistent performance levels,” said David Scott, President and CEO for 3PAR. “Smarsh customers, in turn, are benefiting from quick, reliable, and completely secure access to their archived data — a critical factor in proactively managing and mitigating risk.”

Results in the cloud are not always this good but if you never try you’ll never know.  Cloud storage for the right company can save them millions of dollars a year.  I think it’s time that you switched to the cloud.  Check out all the top cloud servers in the world.

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3PAR Grows in EMEA Due to Cloud Computing

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Posted on 15th June 2010 by cloudhostingguy in Cloud Hosting

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3PAR announced today that, in order to take advantage of the steady growth of the cloud and utility computing markets, it has signed up a new partner and increased its headcount in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) by more than 40%, with a focus on expanding its sales and customer services teams.

“We see 3PAR as the future of storage,” said Rob Christ, Director and Founder of Databasement. “3PAR is one of the leading and most innovative storage companies at this moment, and is well known for delivering unrivalled performance and efficiency. With 3PAR Utility Storage, Databasement is able to offer our customers unique benefits that enhance their cloud computing deployments, such as agility and cost efficiency. Furthermore, 3PAR’s innovative technologies enhance server virtualization with VMware(TM), enabling our service provider, hosting, and integrator customers in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain to build virtual datacenters with unmatched advantages.”

“I am proud of what the team has achieved in the past year,” said Pitcher. “The market grows more competitive every day, and yet customers have repeatedly chosen 3PAR over other vendors to help make the most of their storage infrastructures, particularly utility and cloud storage. We believe our success in EMEA to date is a testament to the strength of our value proposition, which is based on delivering resilient infrastructure with the agility to meet rapidly changing business demands, and for up to 50% less than traditional storage.”

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