Source : Business Wire HP Encourages CIOs to Rethink Virtualization in Business Terms New Offerings Simplify Virtualization Implementation, Management Singapore -- (Business Wire India) -- Thursday, September 04, 2008 12:28:04 PM HP today announced new products, services and solutions designed to transform virtualization so that the technology delivers greater business value. Recent global research revealed that while 86 percent of technology decision makers have implemented virtualization projects, only 25 percent expect their technology environments to be fully virtualized by 2010. While many of those surveyed anticipate eventually reaching 75 percent virtualization of their total environments, only one third view virtualization as a valuable business tool. "Virtualization is a powerful step in transforming IT," said Tony Parkinson, vice president, Enterprise Storage and Servers, HP Asia Pacific & Japan. "To do it right means successfully managing and automating mixed physical and virtual environments. HP delivers the industry's broadest portfolio for virtualized environments, covering applications and operations management, infrastructure and client architectures and support services." HP's approach to virtualization is focused on removing the technology inhibitors that reduce virtualization's impact on the business. It dramatically simplifies management across a combined virtual and physical world, and addresses the issue of pooling infrastructure resources across an organization. HP's new offerings span the desktop to the data center, and are focused on lowering operational cost, mitigating the risk, and freeing resources to deliver new business services. These offerings are designed to manage applications and operations, overcome infrastructure barriers, and maximize client architectures. Applications and operations management -- HP Business Service Management solutions, including HP Operations Agent, HP Performance Agent and HP SiteScope have been enhanced with hypervisor management capabilities. -- HP Network Node Manager i-series has been updated to monitor the performance and availability of networks supporting virtualized environments. -- New HP Asset Manager allows customers to pay for only the licenses they need. -- HP Software will work with Red Hat to simplify the management of virtualized environments. -- HP Virtualization Support Services achieve a smooth transition to and management of new virtualization technology. Overcoming infrastructure barriers -- The HP ProLiant BL495c is the world's first server blade designed to host virtual machines. -- HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services integrates the HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array, file servers, management software, and Windows(R) or Linux support. -- HP-UX 11i V3 and the HP Virtual Server Environment are enhanced for mission-critical virtualization. -- HP Virtualization Accelerator Services are predefined consulting services for planning, designing and implementing virtualization initiatives. -- Client architectures -- HP Compaq t5630, t5545, t5540 and t5145 thin clients provide expanded multimedia features, enhanced brokering capabilities and improved management support. -- The HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation provides secure, easily managed data center workstation computing. -- Enhancements to the HP Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution include new planning, quick-start and implementation services. -- Citrix-ready blade PCs and thin clients are now certified for use within Citrix XenDesktop environments. The full news release is available at www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom Watch Ann Livermore (http://h30423.www3.hp.com/index.jsp?fr_story=bd85777eb831a1993577bf38 7e34d1be99833520&rf=bm), Executive Vice President, Technology Solutions Group, discuss today's virtualization news. (Due to its length, the URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) More information about HP's virtualization capabilities is available at www.hp.com/go/virtualize. About HP HP, the world's largest technology company, provides printing and personal computing products and IT services, software and solutions that simplify the technology experience for consumers and businesses. HP completed its acquisition of EDS on Aug. 26, 2008. More information about HP (NYSE:HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com/. Media Contact Details CONTACT: HP Asia-Pacific & Japan Christine Han (65) 6727 6046 christine.han@hp.com or Burson-Marsteller for HP Deborah Dingle (65) 6829-9315 deborah.dingle@bm.com CONTACT: HP Asia-Pacific & Japan Christine Han (65) 6727 6046 christine.han@hp.com or Burson-Marsteller for HP Deborah Dingle (65) 6829-9315 deborah.dingle@bm.com http://www.businesswire.com Submit your press release at http://www.businesswireindia.com