What cloud computing brings you

Cloud computing is a means by which highly scalable, technology-enabled services can be easily consumed over the internet on an as-needed and pay-per-use basis.Therefore, cloud computing has the potential to:

• Drive down costs, because you only pay for the resources you actually use
• Gain flexibility by benefiting from the latest technologies without incurring infrastructure costs
• Reduce time to market by shortening the cycle of prototyping and testing new services
• Always perform at the best level by dynamically adjusting service capacity to match changes in demand

The cloud is a virtual infrastructure interconnecting users, information and services, as a dynamic addition to current technology. It provides the flexibility to make “Everything as a Service”, such as:

• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), to give end-users access to processing power, networking and storage
• Platform as a Service (PaaS), to give end-users access to platforms with pre-installed components
• Software as a Service (SaaS), to give end-users access to pre-defined sofwares over the world wide network

Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) are particularly interested in cloud computing, as they usually do not have the investment capacity to buy or rent the infrastructure they need, but can easily pay for services from the cloud. HP has an end-to-end offering to enable cloud providers to secure, source and govern their services, and also provides cloud services that maximize security, performance and availability.

HP Intel Solution Center’s expertise

By hosting the HP CloudSystem reference platform, the HP Intel Solution Center offers a unique combination of powerful, reliable, and scalable hardware components, innovative software solutions, and unparalleled expertise in the field, integrated into cloud architecture.

HP CloudSystem is the most complete, integrated system to build, manage and consume services across private, public and hybrid cloud environments. Based on HP‘s market leading Cloud Service Automation and Converged Infrastructure, CloudSystem delivers the broadest application support while simplifying the buying, deployment and support of cloud environments.

• Integrates system on a single platform that enables clients to build, package and provision cloud services to users through a unified service catalog without having to know, or care whether those services are being sourced from theCloudSystem‘s own “on-premises” resources or from the public domain.
• Delivers multi-sourced services that require efficient identification of resources.
• Automates the optimal allocation of private and public cloud resources toenable the client to meet cost, performance and compliance goals based on each client‘s pre-defined business policies. Optimizes the complete application lifecycle – provisioning, customization and configuration, ongoing patch management and ultimate retirement – saving days to weeks over the provisioning approaches used in most environments today.

Finally, understanding that clients will have a broad set of IT needs that are a direct consequence of creating an optimal IT mix including hybrid cloud computing, clients will be able to extend the functionality of CloudSystem via the breadth and depth of HP‘s market leading Software and Converged Infrastructure portfolio – including 3PAR utility storage, security management, and networking.