HP extends 'cloud bursting' to AWS, Savvis

BANGALORE, INDIA: HP expanded its converged cloud portfolio with new offerings including:

·    Delivering converged cloud services for the airline industry.

·    Building hybrid cloud environments.

·    Managing the next generation of cloud applications.

·    Increasing office productivity with cloud print solution.

·    Closing the IT cloud expertise skills gap.

The company extended the 'cloud bursting' capabilities of HP CloudSystem to deliver instant access to additional capacity through HP Cloud Services, Amazon Web Services and Savvis.

Introduced in April, HP Converged Cloud is based on a single architecture that combines private, managed and public cloud, as well as traditional IT, to create an environment that can rapidly change based on organizational requirements, says a release.

“Successful organizations need to be able to select the right delivery model for their technology needs whether it be in the cloud or on premise,” said Amit Chatterjee, country director, HP Software India. “HP’s Converged Cloud approach provides enterprises choice in delivery model and platform with the confidence in the service delivered via market leading products, coupled with a consistent architecture and experience.”

HP announced its vision of an 'Intelligent Airline Cloud' delivering integrated software-as-a-service (SaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platforms.

The company also announced CloudSystem Matrix software that runs on all servers supported by VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, including HP ProLiant servers.

A new version of HP Cloud Service Automation extends HP’s unified solution for brokering and managing application and infrastructure services on HP CloudSystem-based solutions or third-party environments. Clients can increase IT agility and reduce costs via a self-service portal and highly automated service life-cycle management.

HP also introduced Application Performance Management 9.2 for converged cloud and also enhanced HP Diagnostics, HP Real User Monitor and HP SiteScope.

It also also announced ePrint Enterprise 2.0, which is available from HP Printing and Personal Systems Managed Services, and offers integration with three additional pull printing solutions, localization in 10 languages and visitor printing capabilities. Apps are available for Android, iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry mobile devices.

Also announced were ExpertONE, the company’s training and certification program for IT professionals and two new cloud certifications.