Cloud Services Provider CenterBeam Selects HP 3par

Hewlett Packard Company announced that cloud services provider CenterBeam, Inc. has
selected HP Converged Infrastructure to support the increased capacity demands
of its cloud service offerings and joined the HP CloudAgile Program.

Sunnyvale, CA-based CenterBeam provides midsize businesses with
enterprise cloud computing services, including hosted customer
relationship management (CRM), hosted collaboration, virtual data center
services and data storage management.

The expansion of the cloud services market required CenterBeam
to replace its EMC-based infrastructure, including EMC CLARiiON storage
systems, to support significant customer data growth.

After evaluating solutions from Dell and EMC, CenterBeam selected HP
VirtualSystem, including HP 3PAR storage and HP ProLiant BL460c G7 server
blades, as the backbone for its hosted platform.

Migrating to HP 3PAR F400 Storage and HP VirtualSystem solutions has
enabled CenterBeam to boost its storage throughput tenfold. CenterBeam’s new
infrastructure also enables its customers to store large amounts of
infrequently used data to maintain performance of mission-critical
applications.

HP VirtualSystem provides CenterBeam a path to virtualized application solutions. Its balanced architecture
eliminates performance bottlenecks, while integrated management simplifies
deployment and security across physical and virtual environments.

CenterBeam was able to reduce overall storage costs by more than
50% using HP 3PAR Adaptive Optimization software, which
moves infrequently used data from expensive FC and flash drives to affordable
SATA drives.

In addition, CenterBeam decreased storage administration by 60%
with thin provisioning and a simplified management interface for growth of its
Microsoft Exchange platform – without downtime.

"Exploding data growth is
forcing our customers to find cost-effective options that increase capacity
while maintaining performance levels of mission-critical applications,"
said Shahin Pirooz, EVP and CTO,
CenterBeam. "The functionality and
scalability of HP 3PAR systems enable us to offer affordable, flexible cloud
storage services to our customers, while creating a unique competitive
advantage for CenterBeam in the market."

CenterBeam also has partnered with HP in the HP CloudAgile Program,
which enables service providers to expand offerings with services built on HP
3PAR and HP VirtualSystem.

HP CloudAgile Program offers service
providers direct access to HP’s global sales force as well as the worldwide
network of channel partners to extend their sales reach and expand their portfolio
of service offerings.