CA Technologies and Verizon have collaborated to enable CA Technologies to offer its IT management software through Verizon’s cloud offering, Computing as a Service (CaaS).
Under the collaboration, CA Technologies will host its Clarity PPM, a project and portfolio management offering on Verizon CaaS.
Verizon CaaS provides SAS 70 Type II-compliant environment in which CA Technologies can host its applications securely and reliably.
The hosted software delivery option complements CA Technologies traditional on-premise software delivery and its on-demand, SaaS delivery model for Service Desk Manager On Demand and Clarity PPM On Demand.
The CA Technologies hosting customer applications on Verizon CaaS provides customers with the option to use CA Clarity PPM in either an on-premise deployment, through CA Technologies hosting on Verizon CaaS, or delivered on demand, thereby providing increased flexibility.
CA Technologies services support and education sales general manager Adam Elster said cloud computing is a core business for Verizon, and their reliability and security are strategic value-adds for customers.
"CA Technologies recognises that there is a growing trend for customers to use our software in an on-demand, SaaS delivery model, but we also need to address the needs of customers who want the control they get by owning the software license – without the burden and cost of managing the application and its infrastructure," Elster said.
"Providing the option to host our software on Verizon’s cloud reinforces our commitment to helping customers achieve cost savings and agility no matter what delivery model they choose. In the future, we will consider hosting other software applications on Verizon’s cloud."
