By Calvin Zito

I wanted to follow-up on John Spiers previous blog post about our HP LeftHand announcement on Monday.  I'd like to point you to a few different things around our hp.com web pages to help you learn more about the problems our HP LeftHand solutions are solving, product details, and point you to some customers who are using HP LeftHand today.  So here we go:

• First is a feature article that talks about the customer problems HP LeftHand helps you to solve.  It's titled The secret to successful virtualization.
• Next is a video that provides a good introduction to HP LeftHand.  It features Bill and Dave (no, not Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard but Bill Chambers and Dave Roberson).  The video talks about how the HP StorageWorks LeftHand SAN delivers low-cost storage that is optimized for virtualized computing environments.
• I found another video that gives a quick tour of the LeftHand P4000 SAN solution.
• If you want to dig deeper into our LeftHand solutions, you can check out the product pages:
  • HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solution page.  Be sure to check out the Flash-based product demo and click on the Resource Library link to get a look at all of the collateral available. 
  • HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA) Software page and again, be sure to click on the Resource Library link (which for all of our products is always on the top right-hand side of the product page). 
• Lastly, I'll point you to our customer case studies where you can read how others are using HP LeftHand solutions:
  • BlueLock, a technology service provider running VMware ESX, Windows and Linux OS's
  • Gaylor, a construction services company running VMware ESX Exchange, and SQL
  • Litigation Management, a litigation support services business running VMware ESX and SQL.
  • Mojave Water Agency, a public utility running SQL, Visual Studio, Exchange, and ESRI GIS
  • Florida Municipal Power Agency, a public utility running VMware ESX, Dynamics SL, Lotus Notes, Maximo Asset Management
  • Los Angeles Mission College, an educational institution running Exchange, SQL, and ImageNow document imaging
  • University of Florida, an educational institution running VMware ESX, Exchange and SQL
  • Jackson Energy Authority, a public utility running Windows Hyper-V, SQL, Exchange, SharePoint, System Center

I know I've given you a lot of links today but if you're looking for an iSCSI based storage solution, it will be worth your time. 

I also wanted to remind you that you can follow HP StorageWorks on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HPstorageGuy. 

Have a great weekend!