CA introduces new pricing model for ARCserve Backup
ConvergenceAsia staff
04/10/2007

CA has simplified pricing model for its CA ARCserve Backup solution. The new model eases procurement, implementation, and ownership of CA’s recovery management technology by making it available in four complete suites. The model also speeds time to value by providing a complete set of tools, agents, and options to protect critical data and applications in a single, economical package.

The four suites, each requiring only a single licence, are:

CA ARCserve Backup File Server Suite – which contains everything necessary to back up a file server using any storage configuration (DAS, SAN or NAS) or media (disk, tape), whether local or remote.

CA ARCserve Backup e-Mail Suite – which contains everything in the File Server suite, plus agents for Microsoft Exchange Server and IBM/Lotus Notes.

CA ARCserve Backup Database Suite – which contains everything in the File Server suite, plus agents for SQL, Oracle and Ingres databases.

CA ARCserve Backup Application Suite – which contains everything in the File Server suite, plus agents for SharePoint and SAP.

The manufacturer’s suggested retail price for CA ARCserve Backup File Server Suite is S$1,209 per server, excluding maintenance. The other three suites are S$2,279.

The new model allows customers to freely modify their IT environments without having to purchase or install additional software. For example, a customer can connect an existing server to a SAN or a larger tape library without having to buy licences for additional CA ARCserve Backup components. Customers can also change applications such as shifting from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange, and use the same CA ARCserve Backup e-Mail Suite.

Bob Davis, senior vice president and general manager of CA's Mid-Market and Storage business unit said mid-market customers, in particular, will benefit from CA’s integrated offerings, since they are the ones who most acutely require the combination of simplicity and broad functional capability.

More information about the new suites is available from www.ca.com/arcserve/suites.

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