HP Data Center Services: Infrastructure
White Papers They struggle to cool and power increasingly dense equipment, and as they do, they drive utility expenses consistently higher. Those who run data center, are probably aware that in general the facilities themselves have not evolved half as quickly...
[April 11, 2008, 1:02]
HP to integrate Opsware into datacentre
News As part of the deal, HP will integrate Opsware's software with Utility Data Center (UDC), its utility computing package with which companies can view a pool of shared computing and storage resources as a single entity, quickly shifting resources...
[June 2, 2003, 8:23]
HP BladeSystem and HP Management Tools Together With HP SAN Help Propel Polaris Through the Rough Terrain of IT Consolidation
White Papers Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets snowmobiles, All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), RANGER Utility Vehicles and Victory Motorcycles. Polaris started to consolidate their IT infrastructure by moving to the HP BladeSystem, VMware ESX, and...
[July 5, 2006, 0:00]
HP accepts the futility of utility
Leader HP is throwing in the towel and abandoning its Utility Data Center, just a month shy of its third birthday. HP's failure does not necessarily mean the end of utility. Utility computing will revolutionise the data centre, but only from the ground up.
[September 28, 2004, 11:10]
Firms tiptoe into utility computing
News N1 competes with IBM's management plans -- variously called eLiza, autonomic computing, utility computing and on-demand computing -- and with HP's Utility Data Center product and adaptive infrastructure initiative.
[February 14, 2003, 8:20]
Utility computing is "the next big thing"
News HP also announced its Utility Data Center architecture, and Sun has its own N1 data centre virtualisation plans. IBM, Sun, and HP have all jumped into the utility computing fray in a big way. According to the451, "Sun, HP, and IBM are duking it out...
[March 5, 2003, 11:38]
IBM reveals automation blueprint
News Sun's N1 initiative, for example, is aimed primarily at automating data centre operations, as is HP's Utility Data Center products. HP also has an adaptive infrastructure initiative focused on improved systems management.
[April 4, 2003, 8:08]
HP chills out datacentres
News Within two years or so, HP will begin offering a more sophisticated second-generation cooling service tied to its Utility Data Center product, said Donabedian. HP robot helps data keep its cool HP's service uses a technique called computational...
[March 5, 2003, 12:26]
Sun lights the way for virtual servers
News Its two biggest competitors, IBM and Hewlett-Packard, have similar efforts underway called "autonomic computing" and "utility data center," respectively. HP and IBM have two advantages over Sun when it comes to these projects, Governor said.
[September 18, 2002, 8:07]
Grid software gets business connection
News In a related move, Hewlett-Packard announced Monday it has written software than can link grids and the computing infrastructure governed by HP's Utility Data Center system. Current contributors to the project include IBM, Sun Microsystems, HP...
[January 15, 2003, 8:18]
Sun to launch comeback plan
News HP's Utility Data Center and IBM's "eLiza" autonomic computing initiatives have similarities to N1, but Sun hopes to make its effort stand out through its existing relationships with other computing companies.
[September 16, 2002, 12:22]
Single PC to adopt multiple OS
News Virtualisation, an old concept, is experiencing a new surge of attention from companies such as IBM, HP, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems that are working on ways to link multiple servers and storage systems into pools of computing power under the...
[November 10, 2003, 10:00]
Sun's N1 gets storage management
News The datacentre automation initiative competes with similar efforts from rivals such as IBM, with its autonomic computing plan, and Hewlett-Packard, with its Utility Data Center. The 6320 offers up to 45 terabytes of storage and is designed to offer...
[April 8, 2003, 9:50]
TechXNY refocuses on corporate IT
News The desktops will come with enhanced software packages, designed to help increase the productivity and security in Presario models and the multimedia utility of Pavilion models. HP will use PC Expo to unveil its latest consumer PCs and update its...
[September 15, 2003, 11:00]
HP recycles old tech for new data centres
News HP executives admit that the Utility Data Center (UDC) was designed to meet the needs of last year's vogue -- application service providers (ASPs). While IBM's "eLiza" programme promises to spread these features across its own server families, HP...
[February 27, 2002, 16:21]
HP's Tycoon bids up utility computing
News HP cancelled a product called Utility Data Centre for lack of customer interest, though some of its ideas carry on in blade servers, management software and other technology. HP is testing a new program called SASU -- Shared Application Server...
[November 11, 2004, 17:10]
10 ways to protect systems from electrical damage
News If baselines vary by 3 percent or more, contact the local utility, a licensed electrical contractor or facilities management to explore and correct the errors. Electrical current provided by a local utility or throughout a site or facility can vary...
[July 20, 2006, 17:35]
Standardization Streamlines IT, Improves Services for Desert Utility
White Papers Imperial Irrigation District turned to HP partner SIGMAnet, which helped them standardize the data center using HP ProLiant servers, HP Enterprise Virtual Array storage solutions; and standardize PC deployments with HP Compaq desktop and notebook...
[June 22, 2009, 1:19]
