New Customers, New Recruits, and Increased Market Share in EMEA for Leading Utility Storage Provider: 3PAR announced today that in 2008 the economic downturn resulted in increased demand for the company’s highly virtualized, cost- and energy-efficient storage arrays. During 2008, this increased demand prompted 3PAR to expand operations by adding to its European team and opening new offices including a second London location to support the company’s regional headquarters. 3PAR now has two offices located in the UK, one in Central London and the other in Staines. The company also has offices in Belfast, Ireland, and Stuttgart, Germany. 3PAR’s presence across EMEA has grown to more than 50 employees in Research and Development, Customer Service and Support, Sales and Sales…

Integration of IT and healthcare advanced through multi-year agreement: HP and Partners HealthCare today announced the extension of a successful five-year, multi-million dollar agreement to develop software and implement hardware and services supporting Partners’ efforts to accelerate clinical genomics and advance personalized medicine. This phase of the collaboration focuses on extending Partners’ technology infrastructure, especially data storage capabilities, to address the challenges posed by next-generation sequencing technologies. The increase in genetic and genomic data output from these sequencing technologies will require a cost-effective, high-performance computing storage environment. “To turn the vision of personalized medicine into reality requires the convergence of IT, research and healthcare,” said John Glaser, chief information officer, Partners HealthCare. “We believe the vision of personalized medicine, where…