SunGard Availability Services Demonstrates "Always Available" Cloud Solutions at 2012 Cloud Connect Conference

WAYNE, Pa., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SunGard Availability Services will showcase its "Always Available" Enterprise Cloud Services at the 2012 Cloud Connect Conference (booth #414), February 13-16, 2012 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. 

SunGard's Enterprise Cloud Services help organizations achieve cost savings and leverage the efficiency of a fully managed cloud environment with enterprise-grade application availability, reliability and security.  Built on best-in-class Vblock technology from VMware, Cisco and EMC, SunGard's Enterprise Cloud Services deliver managed compute, network, storage and security services that support customer production environments.   

SunGard will also provide details on its Recover2Cloud Services, cloud-based, managed recovery solutions services that offer flexible, scalable and cost-effective recovery solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of an organization.  Recover2Cloud can support individual applications, multiple applications, diverse platforms, and hybrid (physical/virtual) environments.

"The conversation around Cloud has changed  from 'do I need to worry about it' to 'how do I make use of this to get more out of Enterprise IT'," said Indu Kodukula, chief technology officer at SunGard Availability Services. "The availability of production-ready, IT-ready enterprise cloud offerings has played a significant role in that evolution; Cloud Connect is the perfect occasion to continue that conversation." 

At Cloud Connect, David Ayers, senior product manager, SunGard Availability Services, will present on "Taking a Private Path to the Cloud" on Feb. 14 at 1:15 p.m. in Grand Ballroom H.  He will discuss how the vendor landscape is filled with public solutions not always suited to enterprise needs for security, compliance, service levels and high availability. This session will discuss the growing need for private cloud and the different aspects to consider when evaluating private cloud solutions.

A second presentation, "Recovering Applications to Cloud: Top 5 Considerations for Raising Service Levels with Tiered Recovery Services," will be delivered at Cloud Solutions Theater by Ram Shanmugam, senior director of product management at SunGard Availability Services. In this session, Shanmugam will offer an inside perspective on the top five considerations for cloud-based recovery: analyzing applications by business value, selecting modern data movement into the cloud, automating recovery steps, using enterprise-class cloud platforms, and scoping network requirements.

Prior to the conference, SunGard is hosting a Happy Hour event for Cloud Connect attendees at Birk's Restaurant from 5:30 – 7 pm on Monday, February 13.  REGISTER HERE if you plan to attend the Happy Hour event.  (Here are Directions to Birk's Restaurant from the Convention Center).

For more information about SunGard's Enterprise Cloud Services visit www.sungardas.com/cloud.

About Cloud Connect

Cloud Connect, produced by UBM TechWeb, is the defining event of the cloud computing industry.  As both a conference and an exhibition, Cloud Connect's goal is to chart the course of cloud computing's development by bringing together enterprise IT professionals, developers, infrastructure providers and cloud computing innovators.  UBM TechWeb has produced cloud events that define and frame cloud computing discussions since June 2008. Cloud Connect is a one-of-a-kind event that encompasses the entire cloud computing ecosystem featuring a Launch Pad program, IT & Developer workshops and a full conference program.  Cloud Connect will take place February 13-16, 2012 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif.  For more information visit: http://www.cloudconnectevent.com/santaclara/.

About SunGard Availability Services

SunGard Availability Services provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software to 10,000 customers in North America and Europe.  With five million square feet of datacenter and operations space, SunGard assists IT organizations across virtually all industry and government sectors to prepare for and recover from emergencies by helping them minimize their computer downtime and optimize their uptime. Through direct sales and channel partners, we help organizations ensure their people and customers have uninterrupted access to the information systems they need in order to do business. To learn more, visit www.sungardas.com or call 1-800-468-7483.

About SunGard

SunGard is one of the world's leading software and technology services companies.  SunGard has more than 17,000 employees and serves approximately 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries.  SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, education and the public sector.  SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software.  With annual revenue of about $4.5 billion, SunGard is the largest privately held software and services company and was ranked 434 on the Fortune 500 in 2011. For more information, please visit www.sungard.com.

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