By Calvin Zito, @HPStorageGuy

On Wednesday, I did the first of three podcasts talking about our HP Converged Infrastructure announcement.  If you missed that one, I highly recommend that you listen to it.  My guest was with our Senior VP and General Manager of StorageWorks Dave Roberson.  Today in part 2, I talk with Milan Shetti, former CEO of IBRIX and Lee Johns, Director of Product Marketing about the HP StorageWorks X9000 Network Storage Systems family.  As you might have guessed, the X9000 is based on IBRIX.  Because the discussion was longer than my normal podcasts, I split it into two parts.  In part one, Milan talks about the integration of IBRIX into HP StorageWorks and Lee and Milan give an overview of the X9000 family.  Note that the volume on both of these is a bit low but since these were already a day late, I didn't want to make you wait longer to hear these.  So turn your volume up a bit higher than usual.  Here it is: 

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In part 2, I continue the conversation with Milan and Lee.  In this part, we answer the question what's happening PolyServe, how the X9000 fits into the HP Converged Infrastructure, and discuss the strategic implications of the X9000.

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Here are a couple of things that can help you learn more about the X9000:

• Visit the X9000 product page
• Attend an IDC webcast next week on 12 November at 2 PM EST/11 AM PST. 

In the next podcast in the series, we'll discuss what's new with the HP StorageWorks EVA and SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP).