HP also announced the launch of its first workstation blade for the c-Class blade portfolio, the HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation, to provide users with increased performance and scalability.
Dramatically simplifying network connectivity and common server management tasks across the data center, the HP Virtual Connect Ethernet and Fibre Channel virtualization modules enable administrators for the first time to wire just once and then add, replace or recover servers on the fly. In addition to lowering capital and operating costs, the modules deliver simplified management capabilities that reduce the time it takes to execute these actions from hours or days to a matter of minutes.
"HP is creating systems that dramatically reduce installation time, cut costs for administration and reduce barriers to change within an IT organization,"Â said Ann Livermore, executive vice president, Technology Solutions Group, HP. "With HP Virtual Connect, CIOs and IT administrators are set to overcome two of the biggest problems of today's data center: administrative productivity and the need to drive rapid change."Â
The new technologies bolster the HP Adaptive Infrastructure offering, which helps customers move towards 24x7, "lights out"Â data centers, and will add to the company's momentum in the blade server market. According to analyst firm IDC, HP surpassed IBM to take the lead in factory revenues and units shipped for blade servers in the fourth calendar quarter of 2006.
"Customers are on a treadmill of complexity and cost that limits the value IT is able to deliver to the business,"Â said Zane Adam, director, Windows Server Division, Microsoft Corp. "HP's new Virtual Connect modules with HP BladeSystem c-Class, running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, help customers operate mainstream business services more nimbly and cost-effectively, increase the manageability of their IT environments and improve responsiveness to new business requirements"Â - HP.
Posted February 27th, 2007 by Nymphadora
