Cloud computing is a term used in so many different ways that its exact meaning can be, well, cloudy! (For more, read The Next Wave: Everything as a service.)
While the term may be in some dispute, its implications for the enterprise boil down to more practical concerns: building the cloud itself.
This massive data-processing infrastructure has to be so flexible, so reliable and so available that users consume its resources as naturally as they breathe air.
That means the cloud-enabled data center has very precise requirements. It needs servers and storage designed for scale, delivering maximum performance, combined with extreme density and power efficiency – not to mention affordability, reliability and manageability when deployed in large numbers. And don't forget the ability to continuously analyze and optimize that infrastructure across physical and virtual resources.
These large-scale computing and storage deployments, in very power-dense configurations, also demand maximum efficiency and capacity from the data center power and cooling environment.
HP offers “cloud-enabling” hardware, software, solutions and services that provide the key elements required to implement and take advantage of cloud computing. So, no matter how cloud computing winds up being defined in the dictionary, by your management or by your users, your data center can be ready with business technology from HP, today.
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