Converged Infrastructure articles

700 HP Discover Sessions – YIKES. Help is here. My recommended HP Converged Infrastructure sessions

rparker — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:15:33 GMT

With HP Discover 2013 only 3 weeks away - when over 12,000 eager attendees will bombard Vegas - I bet it’s mindboggling just to build-out your ‘IT convergence’ agenda to effectively address your Cloud, Mobility, and Big Data initiatives. Say no more. I can help. This blog provides a list of recommended HP Converged Infrastructure SESSIONS and WHY I chose these.

In the battle for your business you must win the “Virtualization Games” at HP Discover

phil.mclean — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:15:07 GMT

By David Keith – HP Converged Systems Marketing

Join our Converged Systems experts Gary Stevens and Joe Sullivan in Session TB3496 “The Virtualization Games” to learn how you can win in the world of virtualization and private cloud.

The session will introduce a newly announced Virtualization solution and discuss how HP is delivering a scalable model for building virtualization and cloud solutions and delivering application services with HP Converged Systems.

Is now the perfect time for Convergence?

Jose_A_Carranza — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:47:52 GMT

Authored by: Alan Bowen, HP Financial Services

Let’s think about it…

What if I told you that we can help you build a new top-of-the-line infrastructure by getting rid of your old equipment? Would now be the perfect time?
What if I told you that we can maximize the value of your current legacy systems by remarketing those assets and sharing the profits with you? Maybe now?
What if I told you that we can customize a financial solution to reduce your cash outlay, lower TCO & increase ROI of your new IT infrastructure? Surely, it has to be now… right?

When is the right time for Convergence?

Innovate your business and transform IT with HP at Microsoft Tech Ed 2013

phil.mclean — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:58:34 GMT

Microsoft Tech Ed is coming to New Orleans between June 6^th and 9^th 2013, with hands on learning, deep product exploration and lots of relationship building opportunities.

HP will be demonstrating how our innovative solutions help customers:

Increase the speed and effectiveness of the business
Simplify the complexities of systems and network management
Deliver services faster, with higher success ratios
Create measureable business value
Ensure application performance, reliability and availability

A strategic approach to asset recovery: good for the environment, good for your bottom line

TS_Guest — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:15:46 GMT

About this time last year, Russ Parker pointed out at this blog that a well considered plan for recovering value from end-of-life IT assets can accelerate an organization’s drive to convergence (see Top three ways ASSET RECOVERY can fast track your journey to a Converged Infrastructure.) A strategic approach, Russ noted, can help you improve business processes related to disposal, simplify global compliance, and protect your company’s reputation.

If you’re looking for more info on this critical IT function, you might want to check out a flurry of posts over at Transforming IT blog:

How messaging with Microsoft Exchange relates to the latest NFL Strategy

phil.mclean — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:51:50 GMT

By Evan Morris - Senior Engineer, HP Enterprise Group

If you’re a fan of NFL Football in the U.S., then you’re probably familiar with the latest strategy that NFL coaches are implementing with increasing frequency – different versions of what’s referred to as the Wildcat formation which rely on freakishly athletic, very fast, large quarterbacks who are as likely to run with the ball themselves as to handing if off or throwing it.

It’s a nightmare for defenses to try and stop, yet many sportswriters believe it’s just another fad that will pass (no pun intended) once all those running quarterbacks get their bell rung (or worse) by some 270lb Linebacker.

So what does this have to do with messaging?

It’s time to build a better enterprise, together with HP, at Interop 2013

phil.mclean — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:40:41 GMT

We’ll shortly be heading out to the Mandalay Bay Conference Center in Las Vegas for Interop from May 6^th – 10^th, to highlight our range of technologies including Cloud, Virtualization, Data Centers, Wireless & Mobility, and Information Security.

Here’s a quick guide to what you can see there.

An IT Convergence Trifecta: LEARN from others; UNDERSTAND what matters; GET ready for HP Discover

rparker — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:57:38 GMT

As we all are experiencing, the world we live and work in is so very different from just a few years ago. Everything is changing (exponentially) in terms of volume, velocity, and variety. Maintaining the status quo IT environment is simply unsustainable. This is why infrastructure convergence is the optimal approach for moving forward. HP understands this and has been innovating in the all the areas that matter to solve this data center dilemma. Which makes this a great time to attend HP Discover ... but do so with a focused plan in place?

The HP review of Microsoft Management Summit 2013 (#MMS2013)

phil.mclean — Tue, 07 May 2013 08:48:56 GMT

By Jeff Carlat - Director, HP Industry Standard Servers Software

What a week at Microsoft Management Summit! From start to finish, the event went off without a hitch thanks to the great collaboration between the people that have worked tirelessly together across HP and Microsoft!

We had record interest and traffic in the Serverquarium, where HP and Microsoft showcased the HP Cloud Solution for Microsoft in action powering the Hands-On and Instructor-Led labs throughout the conference!

All of the customers and partners got the opportunity to get a guided tour and get “in the tank” and swim with the experts from HP and Microsoft - and this experience was nicely complemented by our Expo booth, sessions, customer events, and focus groups.

The experts' guide to Converged Systems highlights at HP Discover 2013

phil.mclean — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:18:43 GMT

It’s that time of year again. HP Discover 2013 is just around the corner and Las Vegas is warming up for our biggest show yet.

We’ll be there to give detailed insight into HP Converged Systems and how they can help customers address immediate and future challenges with big data, collaboration and cloud.

Here’s a quick guide to some of our highlights with descriptions from our Converged Systems experts, with session numbers and registration details so you can book early and not miss out.

Recruitment giant taps HP Storage: slashes costs 50%, increases capacity 70%

TS_Guest — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:43:31 GMT

London-based global professional agency Hudson needed a rock-solid disaster recovery plan to ensure business continuity for its rapidly expanding operations in Europe. HP Storage fit the bill, and then some. Get the details in a new HP case study (read more)

Converged Round Up – from the Cloud and Big Data to outer space

phil.mclean — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:02:03 GMT

Welcome to the Converged Round Up, a regular summary of industry news and comment on converged infrastructure, from information about the third platform, to specific challenges customers face related to Big Data and Cloud and how we’re helping solve them.

Executive Roundtable on April 10: HP Moonshot - for a new Style of IT.

Diana-Pena — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:25:31 GMT

Learn more about HP’s latest innovation – HP Moonshot, a new platform that was designed for the datacenter and built for the planet.

Join us on April 10^thfor an executive roundtable.

Follow these live HP sessions streaming from Microsoft Management Summit (MMS2013)

phil.mclean — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:00:00 GMT

By Elaine Yee - HP Converged Systems Marketing

Hear what HP and Microsoft are doing together LIVE from the 2013 Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas!

On Wednesday, April 10^th, we will have LIVE interviews coming from Microsoft Management Summit (#MMS2013) hosted by Andy McCaskey of SDRNews.com and Jeffery Powers of Geekazine.com.

You’ll hear topics like what HP and Microsoft are doing together around virtualization and private cloud, highlights of the HP Cloud Solution for Microsoft that is powering the 2013 MMS Hands On Labs, HP Storage solutions integration with Microsoft and HP business PC support for Microsoft manageability solutions. We’ll even have Citrix on hand to talk about our Client virtualization solutions with HP servers, storage and Microsoft System Center.

HP will make managing your private cloud more efficient at MMS 2013

phil.mclean — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:00:00 GMT

By Doug DeWerd, WW Product Manager for Insight Control for System Center

If you’re managing a private cloud using HP servers and storage, here’s a session at Microsoft Management Summit (#MMS2013) where you’ll learn about several new enhancements that will make you more efficient.

Session # IM-B395, HP Private Cloud Management with System Center, Monday April 8, 2:00 – 3:15, Banyan C room

Accelerate your pathway to the cloud with HP at MMS 2013

phil.mclean — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT

By Alain Inugai, Product Manager – Converged Application Systems Marketing

At Microsoft Management Summit 2013, HP will demo HP Cloud Solution for Microsoft, an ideal foundation to move you along your journey to the cloud. By visiting the HP booth customers will learn how HP Cloud Solution for Microsoft can help them achieve their private cloud quickly on an agile cloud solution that scales as their needs grow.

How HP Client Integration Kit simplifies client management for free – MMS 2013

phil.mclean — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:00:00 GMT

By Jonathan Lam - Commercial Managed IT R&D

HP is introducing the HP Client Integration Kit (CIK) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 to enhance and simply aspects of the OS deployment process for HP Client PCs (desktops, notebooks, and workstations). The CIK will be available for download in June, 2013, free of charge.

See the demo at Microsoft Management Summit #MMS2013

Services to make the Microsoft Private Cloud a reality faster at MMS 2013

phil.mclean — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT

By Don Randall – WW Marketing – HP Technology Services

The “Private Cloud”, especially the Microsoft Private Cloud, is getting a lot of attention, probably because most of our enterprise customers are well on their way to a virtualized infrastructure with even production workloads running in a virtualized environment. And virtualization is seen as a stepping stone to the private cloud. So enterprises are ready.

We are finding that the next steps are proving more complex, though. Where should you start? What strategy is right? What workloads should be moved into a private cloud, with orchestration, a service catalog, and user portal? And how does it really work? This prompted us to set up our Center of Excellence within HP, so that we could accelerate the knowledge, the best practice sharing, and the customer engagements to make the Microsoft Private Cloud a reality faster and with less risk, for our customers.

A ‘single pane of glass’ view of storage resources from HP at MMS 2013

phil.mclean — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:00:00 GMT

By Amit Kumar - Program Manager, Microsoft Management Integration with HP Storage

At Microsoft Management Summit 2013 (#MMS2013) myself and Matthias Popp (Master Architect - Management & Solutions Development Unit, HP Storage) will be providing a technical exposure of HP Storage integration with Microsoft System Center suite of products, especially SCOM and SCVMM. The attendees will know that with SCOM and SCVMM integration of HP Storage platforms they will get a ‘single pane of glass’ view to monitor and manage their storage resources in physical, virtual and private cloud environments.

See new HP Converged Storage solutions for SMB’s at MMS 2013

phil.mclean — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:11:00 GMT

By Parissa Mohamadi, HP Storage Solution Marketing

Don’t miss the HP StoreSystem demo at Microsoft Management Summit 2013 (#MMS2013) – come and see us at HP Booth #301 on the Solutions Expo.

You will get familiar with the newly announced HP StoreSystem, a Converged Storage system for primary storage and information protection. It’s everything small and medium sized customers need for their storage data center or IT room by combining HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage, HP 3PAR StoreServ File Services, HP StoreOnce Backup and expansive storage software functionality.