CA Deals With Ingram Micro

The Services Division of Ingram
Micro Inc. is now offering CA Technologies CA ARCserve MSP
Licensing Program 2.0 through its Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace.

The MSP program aligns ARCserve licensing with the recurring revenue and
monthly invoicing models of MSPs and cloud service providers, making it more profitable for those solution providers to host and offer data
protection solutions. Also available to Ingram Micro partners is ARCserve
D2D On Demand, a new SaaS offering that leverages the  Windows Azure cloud platform to deliver rapidly deployable
and secureend-to-end cloud-based data protection and DR.

Available to U.S. Ingram Micro channel partners, the ARCserve MSP 2.0
program and ARCserve D2D On Demand are extensions of the existing
ARCserve family of solutions through Ingram Micro. The new subscription-based,
per-TB licensing and pricing structure of the ARCserve MSP 2.0 program
enables service providers to offer managed, monthly
data protection plans to customers, supporting a more profitable, recurring
revenue business model. At the same time, the ARCserve MSP 2.0 licensing
initiative gives MSPs the flexibility to opt for per-server licensing in
situations where it is more cost-efficient.

"In crafting its new MSP 2.0
licensing program, CA Technologies has again demonstrated a keen understanding
of the MSP business model and a clear willingness to work with us in pursuing
the huge market opportunity for cloud services," says Viktor
Tadijanovic, technology director and founding member of the Abacus Group LLC,
an Ingram Micro partner. "The
pricing model is especially attractive to us, as it better enables us to offer
our clients the cost-elasticity that is central to the cloud value proposition."

U.S. Ingram Micro channel partners can also purchase the new ARCserve D2D On
Demand solution as a monthly or annual subscription that includes a full
complement of local backup and recovery capabilities bundled with 25GB of Windows Azure cloud storage per protected server/workstation.
Additional cloud storage is available with
tiered pricing based on capacity.

To simplify management and resource planning for partners, ARCserve
D2D On Demand provides a web portal that offers solution providers
visibility into available storage resources, usage, events and subscription
status. Additionally, ARCserve D2D On Demand provides turnkey usage
reporting and billing capabilities for service providers.

"As business demands on enterprise
and SMB IT organizations continue to greatly outpace the growth of their
capital and staffing budgets, the market opportunities in SaaS and cloud data
protection solutions also continue to grow," says Bill Mann, S VP,
data management at CA. "By
teaming with Ingram Micro, CA Technologies is bringing channel partners
powerful solutions for this challenge, with the right capabilities and
licensing models."

"Our partners’ success is top
priority, which is why Ingram Micro Cloud continues to bring to market targeted
programs and cloud-based services that are proven to help MSPs deliver efficient,
effective solutions for customers, while also streamlining the path to the
cloud by easing management and capital outlays," says Renée Bergeron, VP,
managed services and cloud computing, Ingram Micro North America. "Together, CA and Ingram Micro are helping
our mutual channel partners build profitable growth strategies around the
cloud, execute with confidence and capture the explosive market opportunity
that lies ahead."