HP launches Converged Infra portfolio in India

MUMBAI, INDIA: After the launch in the US, Hewlett-Packard (HP) today unveiled its Converged Infrastructure Solutions portfolio for the Indian market.

HP Converged Infrastructure Solutions portfolio includes VirtualSystem, CloudSystem and AppSystem. This new portfolio is an extension to the company’s On-Instant Enterprise concept for on-demand services that includes both hardware and software and delivery services to enterprises.

Acquisitions of 3Com and 3PAR has helped HP to strengthen its solutions portfolio, particularly the Converged Infrastructure Solutions. The company spent in excess of $5 billion for these two technology buyouts.    

According to HP, these solutions will help to bring in agility to organizations with the ease of deployments in quick time and reduce IT complexity.

“HP Converged Infrastructure strategy includes storage, servers, power and cooling, networks and management software. It offers end-to-end converged solutions to enterprises and helps them to save 20-30 per cent on the cost,” said Som Satsangi, HP India’s director - Enterprise Storage Server & Networking (ESSN).  

Quoting a study, Satsangi pointed out that only 32 per cent of IT projects are considered successful because new applications take 18 months for deployment.

The IT projects’ high failure rate is caused by the complexity of architecture, which means organizations need a converged architecture across systems and applications for better management and agility, he observed.

According to Santanu Ghosh, HP India’s country head - Converge Infrastructure Solutions, enterprises today work with complex IT environments in order to keep pace with the changing needs of users, customers and citizens, thereby emphasizing on the need for innovation and agility through technology at the enterprise level.

“HP Converged Systems announcement today extends the benefits of convergence to help businesses to implement applications and the required infrastructure very fast and manage and operate the same without complexity. These systems will also drastically help improve ROI,” Ghosh added.

Moreover, Ghosh said verticals such as IT & ITeS, manufacturing, BSFI, healthcare, education as well as small and medium businesses (SMBs) can gain benefits and improve their ROI.