CA Technologies to Deliver Backup and Recovery Solution Using Microsoft's Windows Azure Cloud Platform (CA)

CA Technologies CA today announced an agreement with Microsoft to offer customers its industry-leading CA ARCserve® data protection technology as a software-as-a-service offering using Microsoft's Windows Azure ™ cloud platform. The new cloud offering, scheduled for availability in the second half of this year, is part of CA Technologies strategy for bringing rapidly deployable, easy-to-own IT management solutions to market. This solution will be especially attractive in situations where conventional, internally deployed backup-and-restore systems and software implementation may be less financially or operationally appealing, such as small businesses or remote offices that lack the necessary on-site IT staff.