HP Aims To Lead Shift To Enterprise Cloud
October 18, 2012
Grazed from CRN. Author: Jack McCarthy.
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is aiming to capitalize on a coming cloud computing shift from delivering small, consumer-focused services to sustaining secure and reliable enterprise-scale workloads, HP’s cloud chief said Wednesday.
"One of the challenges right now is getting to a true, open, scalable, integrated cloud, and an ecosystem around that for the enterprise," Biri Singh, senior vice president and general manager for HP Cloud Services, said in a keynote address Wednesday at the OpenStack Design Summit and Conference in San Diego…
Singh outlined a current cloud environment in which small companies and startups have been able to develop programs that can run as small cloud server workloads and accommodate growing demand brought on by the use of mobile devices in the workplace, the BYOD trend. But, enterprises have delayed moving to the cloud due to security and availability concerns. As a result, businesses have put off IT spending, creating pent up demand for technology…
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