Hewlett-Packard Company
(
HPQ
) recently announced that cloud services provider CenterBeam has
deployed its Converged Infrastructure suite, replacing the exiting
storage systems provided by
EMC Corp.
(
EMC
). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
California-based CenterBeam hosts various cloud solution such as
customer relationship management and collaboration, and delivers
virtual data center services and data storage management services
mostly to the mid-sized firms. CenterBeam selected H-P to set up a
high performance cloud infrastructure along its IT eco system, with
the aim of ensuring storage throughput while enabling storage of
infrequently used data in its data centre.
HP's Converged Infrastructure solutions bring together servers,
storage and networking products to manage data centers from a
common platform. The Converged platform has been designed to make
data center handling simpler, more flexible, efficient and cost
effective. The highly-virtualized storage solutions of 3PAR
(acquired in August 2010) with advanced data management features
(dynamic tiering, thin provisioning, etc.) for cloud-computing
environments have further strengthened HP's Converged
portfolio.
Per the contract terms, H-P offered its ProLiant BL460c G7
server blades, and 3Par storage solutions. Reportedly, 3Par storage
solutions have helped CenterBeam to reduce costs by 50.0%, while
lowering supervision time by around 60.0%. Overall, H-P's Converged
Infrastructure suite has supported CenterBeam in its data centre
optimization through the deployment of a cost effective, fast and
secure data management process.
In today's technology-driven world, the enterprise storage space
is one of the most enviable growth areas and we believe that H-P is
doing very well in this category. H-P is also keen on making its
cloud computing services public within two months. H-P's cloud
services will be somewhat similar to the cloud platform offered by
renowned online retailer
Amazon.com Inc.
's (
AMZN
) Web Services.
H-P's cloud infrastructure is popular among its customers. But
its software- as-a-service offering may take some time to ramp, as
it will be first used by the existing customers.
H-P's venture is encouraging but it will take some time to take
off. This apart, lackluster PC demand and Meg Whitman's yet-to-be
proven strategies keep us on the sidelines.
Currently, H-P has a Zacks #3, implying a short-term Hold
recommendation.
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