As a first European member of Cloud-Agile program, Attenda to provide 3PAR Cloud-Agile: ASSURED and 3PAR Cloud-Agile: SECURED services to its clients.

3PAR, a provider of utility storage, today announced  that Attenda Limited, a managed services company, has become the first European member of the 3PAR Cloud-Agile program to offer its clients 3PAR Cloud-Agile: ASSURED and 3PAR Cloud-Agile: SECURED services. The company says that Attenda is also the first 3PAR Cloud-Agile partner to deliver these services as part of a sustainability initiative it calls CarbonNeutral hosting.

It further states that accredited by The CarbonNeutral Company - the world's leading carbon offset and management business - Attenda is already a CarbonNeutral office based on a net zero CO2 emissions rating. The company articulates that Attenda's new CarbonNeutral hosting programme, in combination with Cloud-Agile: ASSURED and Cloud-Agile: SECURED services, offers clients secure virtual private array and disaster recovery services built on a hyper-efficient, green utility storage infrastructure powered by the 3PAR InServ Storage Server platform.

It explains that 3PAR Cloud-Agile: ASSURED leverages 3PAR Remote Copy and gives Attenda the ability to offer cost-effective, flexible, and robust remote data replication, disaster recovery, and autonomic data backup to end users. 3PAR Cloud-Agile: SECURED employs the combination of 3PAR Utility Storage and 3PAR Virtual Domains to give Attenda the ability to deliver virtual private array services. The company avers that a virtual private array offers clients high performance levels while providing secure segregation within a shared, virtualized hardware platform that is protected from unauthorized access, monitoring, and control.

"The cloud computing ecosystem has a lot of room for growth, and the delivery of differentiated cloud-based services is just one exciting development," said David Scott, President and CEO for 3PAR. "Another area to watch is the intersection between Green IT and cloud computing. We are excited that Attenda is the first to take full advantage of the opportunity to leverage 3PAR Utility Storage to offer cloud-based virtual private array and disaster recovery services that are agile, efficient, cost-effective, and also green."

"This dedication to environmental responsibility is something we share with 3PAR, a company widely regarded for its own green technology," said Simon Hansford, VP of Service Strategy at Attenda. "The CarbonNeutral accreditation is an integral part of our Social Responsibility Programme, which emphasizes minimizing the environmental impact of all our business activities at Attenda. We are delighted to join this important initiative with 3PAR Cloud-Agile: ASSURED and 3PAR Cloud-Agile: SECURED services in a 'first of its kind' offering."