{"id":174681,"date":"2010-01-13T12:37:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T17:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/13\/microsoft-hp-all-over-this-cloud-computing-thing-digital-daily\/"},"modified":"2010-01-13T12:37:03","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T17:37:03","slug":"microsoft-hp-all-over-this-cloud-computing-thing-digital-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/174681","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft, HP All Over This Cloud Computing Thing [Digital Daily]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/eb503_grandpasimpsoncloud-275x206.jpg\" alt=\"grandpasimpsoncloud\" width=\"275\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32582\" \/>Big news from Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Microsoft (MSFT) today. The two companies  announced a three-year alliance that will see them investing $250 million in a new cloud computing venture. In a buzzword riddled press release, the two companies said they \u201cwill collaborate on an engineering roadmap for data management machines; converged, prepackaged application solutions; comprehensive virtualization offerings; and integrated management tools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Translation: HP and Microsoft will collaborate on the Windows Azure platform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This agreement, which spans hardware, software and services, will enable business customers to optimize performance with push-button simplicity at the lowest possible total cost of ownership,&#8221; Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in a statement. &#8220;Our extended partnership will transform the way large enterprises deliver services to their customers, and help smaller organizations adopt IT to grow their businesses. Microsoft and HP are betting on each other so our customers don&#8217;t have to gamble on IT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Under the terms of the deal Microsoft and HP will collaborate on: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Virtualization: <\/li>\n<p>\u2022 Microsoft is now a preferred provider of virtualization solutions for HP, which will make it easier for a broader set of customers to deploy virtualization solutions that can improve server utilization by as much as 10x and reduce provisioning ties from months to minutes.<br \/>\n\u2022 Microsoft and HP will deliver \u2018Smart Bundles\u2019 for small and medium businesses.  These are a combination of hardware and software, including HP server, storage and networking solutions, coupled with Windows Server Hyper-V and HP Insight software, delivered in a single, cost-effective package. <\/p>\n<li>Management:<\/li>\n<p>\u2022  HP now has the rights to resell and ship System Center as part of HP\u2019s solutions.  This solution will be tuned, integrated and ready for customers.<br \/>\n\u2022 And coming soon, HP\u2019s Insight Software and Business Technology Optimization solutions will begin to integrate and interoperate with Microsoft\u2019s System Center suite of products.  This means that customers with heterogeneous computing environments will be able to more easily and more cost-effectively manage hardware and software from Microsoft and non-Microsoft operating systems and applications. <\/p>\n<li> Business Applications:<\/li>\n<p>\u2022 The companies will deliver a set of pre-packaged and pre-configured data management and email solutions (\u2018machines\u2019) that will deliver data warehousing, business intelligence, online transaction processing (OLTP) and messaging solutions. <\/p>\n<li>The Cloud:<\/li>\n<p>\u2022HP and Microsoft will collaborate on the Windows Azure platform, with HP offering services, and Microsoft continuing to include HP hardware for Windows Azure infrastructure.\n<\/ul>\n<p>Buy This Item: <a class=\"buy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/buy.php\" ><span style=\"color: #33bc03\">[Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digitaldaily.allthingsd.com\/20100113\/microsoft-hp-announce-cloud-computing-partnership\/?mod=ATD_rss\" >Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big news from Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Microsoft (MSFT) today. The two companies announced a three-year alliance that will see them investing $250 million in a new cloud computing venture. 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