Self Service Marketplace Portal and Closer HP OneView Ties     HP  Senior  Director Product Manager Mike Verdugo releases new info on the next generation of the Cloud System portfolio, with major enhancements to the solution. HP’s over-all cloud portfolio includes a complete set of build and operate solutions and complementary consume operations such as […]

New “Channel First” for Workload Optimized Systems   by Andrew McCaskey HP Group Manager Brent Allen of HP Converged Systems reveals some of the thoughts that HP used as a basis for the newly introduced 300 and 700 series converged systems, code named Shark. These systems focus on dedicated workloads such as Virtualization, Private/Hybrid cloud, […]

Designing for A New Style of IT HP’s Gerald Kleyn, Director of Hyperscale Server Hardware R&D at Hewlett-Packard  discusses HP’s Project Moonshot, explaining some of the similarities and differences between traditional IT solutions and why the ability to quickly respond, configure and change in reaction to specific business goals can be a critical competitive advantage. The HP […]

Storage for a New Style of IT HP’s Kate Davis, WW Product Marketing Manager for HP StoreVirtual Storage @KateAtHP discusses the topic in depth with independent storage blogger Chris Evans @chrismevans  from the UK, whose blog Architecting.IT is read  by over 5,000 IT professionals each month. Beginning with basic concepts and the underlying essentials of the technology, Kate and Chris quickly […]

Reducing Complexity and Bottlenecks in Software Defined Network (SDN) Fabric   In this episode, HP’s Jeffrey Lim discusses FlexFabric, explaining some of the similarities and differences between traditional IT solutions and why the ability to quickly respond, configure and change in reaction to specific business goals can be a critical competitive advantage. This episode was recorded […]

Cloud Decisions Resemble Chinese Dinners   HP’s Stephan Spector introduces an expert guest on Cloud Service Automation, John McDermott, EMEA Portfolio Manager, Cloud Educations Services. Cloud computing resources are so easy to mobilize that it’s easy to misjudge the interaction and implications of interactions of private and public clouds spread around the world. John McDermott […]

Why Cloud Lifecycle Management Matters   HP’s Stephan Spector introduces an expert guest on Cloud Service Automation, Neelam Chakravarty, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, HP Software Cloud and Automation. Neelam explains the fit between HP Cloud Service Automation (CSA) and the broader HP Converged Cloud Strategy.  She reinforces the theme that we have discussed in earlier episodes that […]

Why Hybrid Cloud Matters: Workloads Jump Cloud-to-Cloud in the Real World   HP’s Stephan Spector introduces an expert guest on Hybrid Cloud, Sunil Chhabra, Senior Director of Marketing, HP Cloud. In a wide ranging discussion on the basics of management decisions that must be considered in the cloud journey, Sunil examines the real world model […]

HP Meets Unique Storage Needs for Small and Medium Business   HP’s Shannah Thompson  discusses some of the problems that Small and Medium businesses face in various stages of maturity, moving from simple attached storage at the genesis of the enterprise starting up,  and then moving through periods of rapid growth and expansion opportunity as […]

HP Promotes Virtualized Storage with HP Servers and Bundled Free VSA License   HP’s Kate Davis, Recent announcements from HP concerning Virtual Storage. At VMWorld, HP introduced adaptive optimization, allowing movement of a volume across clusters from rotating to solid state media. HP just announced that a free VSA license is available with Proliant Servers, […]