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HP's Vision: Virtual Resource Pools In Its Converged Infrastructure: Page 2 of 2

The vision thing is "in" among IT vendors. Recently, HP made a big splash with its Converged Infrastructure announcements just a day after Cisco, EMC and VMware launched their Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition. Meanwhile, IBM's Smarter Planet through Dynamic Infrastructure pervades radio and TV, as well as the online and print media. Is this flood of visions a good thing? Optimism is warranted, but some skepticism is justifiable since saying is easy but doing is hard, especially over
DAVID HILL
November 19, 2009

This push toward the virtualization of all resources, not just servers, is largely driving a new inflection point for the entire IT industry and its customers. HP has made a down payment on its promises for the Virtual Resource Pools with real products that customers can either deploy either today or shortly. But the company -- as well as its competitors -- has a lot of promises to keep. The ability to deliver those promises of improved value to businesses via their IT infrastructure will be a big challenge for HP but stands as a goal that should be very rewarding if the company can attain it.
 

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