Eye on Blades Blog: Trends in Infrastructure : convergence

Join us at the Converged Infrastructure Roadshow

Kristie Popp — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:56:00 GMT

Join HP at the HP Converged Infrastructure Roadshow Topics covered: Learning how to reduce your IT operations and maintenance resource costs Remove trapped budget silos that are costly and underutilized Transform your Data Center to operate more efficiently...(read more)

Shared Services with HP BladeSystem Matrix - Live Webinar on November 19

Kristie Popp — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:11:00 GMT

Getting to Shared Services with HP BladeSystem Matrix What is the best way to deliver infrastructure and application services more quickly and consistently? How will shared services impact their IT infrastructure? Learn how you can get infrastructure...(read more)

From #HPTF: The future is coming into focus

newtonja — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:31:00 GMT

And BladeSystem Matrix is your lens. If you want to understand how the the convergence of the racked, stacked and wired world changes the rules of the game, start with Matrix. We've talked a lot about convergence over the last year and how it's...(read more)

Thoughts on #HPTF keynote

newtonja — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:29:00 GMT

After thinking over Paul Millers' presentation last night, here's what stuck with me. Convergence is the mega-trend It's a bigger idea with bigger implications than consolidation and unification - it's transformational Convergence collapses...(read more)

Designing infrastructure the way IT wants to work

Gary Thome — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:46:00 GMT

We've been on the Adaptive Infrastructure journey at HP for several years now. This week we are announcing an important milestone: BladeSystem Matrix. We've been really thinking a lot about how customers use IT and ways we can optimize IT infrastructure...(read more)

Virtual Connect now helps converge infrastructure (and lower costs) even more!

kendallmblog — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:41:00 GMT

On Monday, April 20 th , we announced a new Virtual Connect family member and expanded capabilities for all Virtual Connect products. We’ve see a great deal of momentum building behind virtualization and infrastructure convergence - and these enhancements...(read more)

Why doesn't networking obey Moore's Law?

newtonja — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:57:00 GMT

Every 18 months, customers around the world expect to see server performance double for the same or less cost. As you know, it's been this way for some time; a consequence of a little idea called Moore's Law. The good and bad of Moore's Law - great for customers, challenging for server businesses. Our team would tell you that it just takes years of practice to keep up. My question today is "why doesn't networking obey Moore's Law?" ...(read more)

Why it's time to think virtualized infrastructure, not just servers.

newtonja — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:55:00 GMT

Just like 'nature abhores a vacuum', it seems that 'IT hates unbalance'. Thinking 'virtual server-only' leads to ad hoc virtualization and unbalance across your architecture and organization. ...(read more)