HP aims for bigger chunk of cloud transformation pie

Summary: HP steps up its data center services and systems rollout. “All clouds reside somewhere in the data center,” says exec.

HP on Monday rolled out a series of services and systems designed aimed at enterprises looking to revamp data centers for cloud computing.

The effort highlights how large enterprise technology vendors are talking cloud. Many of these vendors, however, are pushing the hardware, or the arms dealer, part of the equation. IBM last week launched its platform-as-a-service model. Other cloud efforts to date revolve around selling hardware.

Ian Jagger, worldwide technology consulting manager for HP Technology Services, said that “all clouds reside somewhere in the data center.” Jagger also referred to the data center as the “cloud in the ground.”  Read More