Cloud Computing: Big Service Providers Embrace CA Technologies, Nimsoft
April 30, 2013
Grazed from MSPMentor. Author: Joe Panettieri.
Logicalis, Rackspace and Savvis were among the big MSPs and cloud services providers (CSPs) on hand at CA World last week in Las Vegas. Each of those companies said CA Technologies plays a critical role in their revenue-generating platforms. So what will it take for CA Technologies to thrive against potential rivals like VMware, SolarWinds and OpenStack? Here are some educated guesses.
First the good news: CA World attracted roughly 5,000 partners and customers. That’s a solid showing, especially since CA Technologies has been in transition mode over the past few years. Still best-known for its enterprise IT management tools, the company:…
- acquired Nimsoft in 2010 to better support MSPs and emerging enterprises.
- acquired 3Tera (AppLogic) in 2010 to help service providers stand up their own clouds.
- aggressively rolled out service provider licensing for most of its software, including ARCserve for cloud and on-premises backup/disaster recovery.
- named SaaS expert Mike Gregoire as its new CEO on January 7, 2013. Gregorie previously was CEO of Taleo, the cloud-based talent management company that Oracle acquired in 2012…
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