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HP Tops Dell’s Offer For 3PAR By 33.3 Percent

Aug.23, 2010 in Cloud Computing, SaaS News & Updates Leave a Comment

Let the War for Storage Dominance between two of the industry titans begin!

Hewlett-Packard Co. announced today (Monday August 23, 2010) that they launched a $1.6 billion offer to buy 3PAR Inc. That equates to $24.00 per share in cash, and it represents a whopping 33.3% premium above the price proposed by Dell Inc.

The offer has been approved by the HP board of directors, and if accepted by 3PAR’s board the deal should close by the end of the calendar 2010 year.

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Verizon Cloud Computing First To Achieve PCI Compliance

Aug.19, 2010 in Cloud Computing, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, SaaS News & Updates Leave a Comment

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. August 18th 2010 – Retailers and other organizations that rely on credit card transactions now have a compelling reason to consider moving critical payment applications to the cloud.

Verizon Computing as a Service, or CaaS, the company’s cloud computing solution delivered from Verizon cloud centers in the U.S. and Europe, is the first cloud-based solution to successfully complete the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) audit for storing, processing and transmitting credit card information. This means that enterprises can be confident knowing their customers’ data is protected by the most rigorous industry-recognized payment-card security standard available globally.

To become PCI DSS-validated, Verizon CaaS underwent a comprehensive third-party examination of its policies, procedures and technical systems, as well as an on-site assessment and systemwide vulnerability scan.

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Free Cloud Computing ROI Calculator From Astadia

Aug.18, 2010 in Cloud Computing, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, SaaS News & Updates Leave a Comment

ADDISON, Texas, August 18 /PRNewswire/ – Astadia, a pure-play Cloud computing integrator and top Salesforce.com partner, today announced the launch of the I.T. Cloud Transformation (ITX) ROI Calculator which is a free online service.  Results are available in British Pounds Sterling, and in US Dollars at www.astadia.com/itx_us/.

Many I.T. professionals realize the compelling business case for the Cloud. A 2010 report on I.T. spending priorities by Kaufman Bros. shows a strong trend of I.T. infrastructure consolidating or rationalizing software applications, servers, data centers and back-office functions to cheaper web-based software applications.

Many I.T. leaders struggle to assess which Cloud platforms are appropriate to their needs. Others lack time or resources to build the business case to move specific technologies to the chosen platform. The ITX ROI Calculator gives a fast estimate of which pieces of an I.T. infrastructure and application portfolio will cost less and perform better when moved to the Cloud, specifically to the Force.com platform.

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