HP’s push to build EU-wide “one-stop shop” for cloud gathers pace

March 26, 2015 Off By David

Grazed from ComputerWeekly.  Author: Caroline Donnelly.

HP’s Europe-wide effort to drive up cloud adoption in the 28 member states of the EU has entered a new phase, with the IT giant calling on users to get involved.  The firm made the plea at its Cloud 28+ event in Frankfurt, where it showcased the progress being made in its push to create a centralised catalogue of cloud services for use by European commercial and public sector organisations.

This is a cause that HP has been championing since April 2014, and has previously seen the firm call on cloud service providers, independent software suppliers and members of the reseller community to help populate the catalogue with their offerings…


Speaking at the event, HP’s vice-president of cloud for Europe, Xavier Poisson Gouyou Beauchamps, said the overarching aim of Cloud 28+ is to drive up adoption of cloud services across the continent by providing users with access to a federated catalogue of services…

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