Jump to content
Jump to current language selection
HP.be Producten en Diensten Ondersteuning en drivers Oplossingen Kopen
» Contacteer ons
HP.com België en Luxemburg
Technology  >  Grid computing

Why grid?

» 

Large Enterprise Business

» Business & IT services
» Solutions
» Technologies
» Partners 
» Support & Drivers
» Business Technology
» TV, News & Library
Power and Cooling in Datacenters
Define your datacenter infrastructure
Going for Grid? HP Services helps you get there
Content starts here

Speed up innovation and time-to-results


In the typical enterprise, IT resources are locked into silos, and data resides in separately owned domains. Some IT resources are underutilized, while others can’t meet peak business demands. In multinational companies with datacenters in many locations, efficient IT utilization is a serious challenge.


With grid computing, your far-flung and disparate IT resources can act as a single “virtual datacenter.”  Grid computing virtualizes heterogeneous IT resources so they are available when and where you need them.  Grid allows you to provision applications and allocate capacity among business groups that are geographically and organizationally dispersed.  You can:

  • Enable secure, real-time collaboration among global teams, including partners and suppliers outside your company
  • Rapidly deploy resources for new initiatives
  • Accelerate new product development, improving time to market
  • Reduce IT costs and improve return on investment
  • More easily handle peaks and troughs in demand by provisioning resources where needed


By creating a more efficient, agile IT environment, grid can help you build an Adaptive Infrastructure and drive better business outcomes. HP grid solutions include grid-enabled products, management software, open-source software, solutions from our partners and HP Grid Consulting Services to help you plan and deploy a solution that’s right for your business.

Get started

»  Contact HP
»  HP Grid Consulting Services

News and articles

»  Cluster Resources Delivers Hybrid OS Solution to Oil and Gas Industry in Cooperation with HP
»  HP, Intel and Yahoo! create global cloud computing research test bed
»  HP to Power Department of Defense Cloud Computing Infrastructure
»  HP Helps Customers Manage Business Growth with Compact, Shipped-to-order Data Centers
»  The Next Wave: Everything as a Service: HP Executive Viewpoint

»  News archive

Additional resources

»  HP Collaboration and Competency Network
»  Computational and Data Grid Resources
»  High Performance Computing
»  Virtualization technologies
»  Business Technology Optimization (BTO) software
Print versie
Privacyverklaring Het gebruik van deze site betekent dat u instemt met de juridische voorwaarden
© 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.