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3PAR Company Overview

What We Build3PAR^® (NYSE: PAR), formerly known as 3PARdata, is the leading global provider of utility storage, a category of next-generation storage arrays built for utility computing. Organizations use utility computing to build cost-effective virtualized IT infrastructures for flexible workload consolidation and for the delivery of software and hardware as a service. Utility computing is a platform for the delivery of enterprise IT as a utility service, which is being used for cloud computing over the Web and a new generation of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based applications. Next-generation storage is a category of arrays developed to meet the needs of these virtualized infrastructures and to address the limitations of traditional modular and monolithic arrays.

The Problem We Solve3PAR Utility Storage addresses the problem of costly, complex, and brittle IT environments with an enterprise storage array designed to deliver and support an agile and resilient datacenter infrastructure at a lower total cost than traditional storage. Utility storage enables IT organizations to treat storage as if it were a utility—by enabling them to use and pay for only the storage capacity they need, and only when they actually use it. This approach supports the delivery of enterprise IT as utility service for both internal and external services delivery. This includes services provided by hosting companies, companies with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) business models, and other providers delivering business-to-business services like on-demand email marketing. Regardless of the service delivery model your organization uses, 3PAR Utility Storage is designed to give greater flexibility to your storage administration, to simplify your storage management, and to give your organization the ability to respond instantly to changing business needs.

Our Customers3PAR customers are organizations for whom delivering IT as a service is mission-critical. This includes medium- to large-sized enterprises, business-oriented service providers, consumer-oriented Internet/Web 2.0 companies, and government entities. 3PAR Utility Storage has met the specialized datacenter requirements of companies such as SAVVIS Communications—a leading provider of IT as a service; USi—a fully owned division of AT&T Global Services; and Verizon Business—a managed service provider. 3PAR Utility Storage has also been successfully deployed in the Web 2.0 community with clients such as MySpace.com, eHarmony, Priceline.com, and Shopzilla.

The Value We Bring3PAR Utility Storage enables customers to cut Total Cost of Data by up to 50% while giving them the ability to respond instantly to changing business demands. Designed to overcome the limitations of midrange and monolithic arrays, next-generation utility storage arrays from 3PAR offer a smart (self-managing), thin (inherently efficient), and ready (resiliently adaptable) tiered-storage solution for utility computing. This makes 3PAR Utility Storage ideal for open systems storage consolidation, integrated data lifecycle management, and performance-intensive applications.