MSP2.0: New Support for Data Protection Market

Today CA Technologies officially announced the release of version 2.0 of the CA ARCserve Management Services Provider Licensing Program (MSP licensing program), so they added new server pricing models today to their subscription-based Pricing model selection. Chris Ross, Vice President, Europe and Asia Pacific, Data Management, CA Technologies Data Management, said: "The benefits of managing service providers over performing their own operations are the more efficient and cost-effective way to perform tasks." CA ARCserve solutions deliver exceptionally accurate and reliable data protection for management service providers, and newer MSP 2.0 licensing solutions deliver greater price / performance. "

Launched in September, CA ARCserve r16, an upgraded version of CA ARCserve, provides management service providers with all the features needed to effectively back up and restore customer-critical business data, including public and private cloud services such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Windows Azure and Eucalyptus. Licensing CA ARCserve, based on subscriptions per protected data per terabyte, managed service providers can offer customers a "pay-as-you-go" data protection solution that eliminates the need for up-front surcharges and keeps costs at Customer monthly level of actual demand. At the same time, CA ARCserve MSP 2.0 licensing programs can help management service providers more flexibly choose per-server licensing options in a more cost-effective manner. The MSP 2.0 licensing program also protects managed service providers from the risk of a market decline as neither the minimum order nor the minimum subscription is limited. The CA ARCserve MSP 2.0 solution includes three other licensing enhancements that help management service providers maximize profits and provide a wide range of compelling data protection services: • Desktop or laptop backup licenses for desktops and laptops Services • Bundle of licenses that combine disk-to-disk server protection with management service provider data center offsite replication • Disk-to-disk protection for each host licensed advanced Windows Server virtual edition Integrating Nimsoft and Kaseya for powerful products In conjunction with the CA ARCserve MSP 2.0 licensing program, CA Technologies also announced the integration with Nimsoft and Kaseya's management tools, which are widely adopted by managed service providers. These new integrations simplify management operations by sending alerts and events from ARCserve tools to the management service provider's main management console. These events and alerts include the completion or failure of a backup, insufficient disk space on a target drive, over-utilization of resources such as central processing unit (CPU) and network bandwidth in the backup or restore process, and inability to access the target virtual machine or hypervisor. At the same time, CA ARCserve has partnered with several third-party remote management and monitoring tools, including N-able Technologies in Canada, LabTech Software in the United States and Level Platforms in Canada. Chris Ross said: "In order to create the attractive pricing mix that best fits the needs of the market, managed service providers need to build a well-integrated portfolio of unique management tools.By making CA ARCserve an open platform, CA Technologies Helping managed service providers bring best-in-class data protection capabilities to their well-integrated, highly personalized toolkits. "Basic Business Systems Ltd, a leading provider of IT solutions in the Middle East, David Anderson, Director, said: "Over the past few years we've seen significant changes in our business from the sale of products and solutions to service-based contracts such as our Managed Services for Backup ) To provide our customers with a complete suite of outsourced services to protect and recover their data.This dedicated CA ARCserve MSP licensing solution fits our needs and allows us to conduct competitive pricing and simplify the entire process of deploying backup software, To help us win Business, version 2.0 of the program, with unique options priced on a per-server or per-terabyte basis, will help us achieve higher profitability and better align with the ever-changing needs of our customers. "Abacus Group LLC, In New York, Viktor Tadijanovic, chief technology officer and founding member who helps alternative investment managers deploy and manage managed IT solutions, said: "The new MSP 2.0 licensing program is yet another demonstration of CA Technologies' keen understanding of the business model of managed service providers , And a clear will to develop huge market opportunities in cloud services, a pricing model that is particularly appealing to us because it allows us to better provide cost resilience to our customers, which is a very important part of the cloud value proposition. "Cheops technology Pascal Luyckx, data center manager for nv, Belgium-based systems integration and management services provider, said: "By eliminating the need to pre-purchase licenses, removing short-term or capacity requirements, and consolidating the most popular SKUs, CA ARCserve SMP Licensing Program Let us Minimum risk or complexity to pay only for the services we use.It is particularly important to consider the changes in the customer virtualization IT environment and the increasingly fierce competition in the service provider market.Using this industry's best data protection solution Program that allows us to more aggressively price and sell high-value management services. "David Simpson, Commercial Director of Softcat, a leading provider of software licensing, hardware, security and related IT services in the UK, said:" By helping to service-oriented Type businesses protect their data centers and provide data protection services with minimal risk and the updated ARCserve MSP licensing solution enhances technical innovation and flexible mixed data protection in CA ARCserve R16. With the choice of individual licenses or data capacity licenses based on actual needs, managed service providers can adopt the most cost-effective pricing model to make faster, more profitable and consistent customer goals. "