HP Converged Cloud

HP Converged Cloud is the industry-first strategy and a solution portfolio based on the uniform architecture covering the private, managed and public clouds and also traditional IT infrastructures for creation of the most adaptive business environment.

Many heads of business and IT expect that by 2020 the quantity of the models of providing cloud services used in their organizations will double. (1) It creates a certain concern because inadequate implementation of cloud services can not only "nullify" advantages of clouds, but also create new problems (excessively difficult infrastructure, risks for security and dependence on one supplier).

Obviously, on the way of migration of traditional IT infrastructures to cloud model of calculations most the companies will be forced to pass through the intermediate stage – a hybrid cloud. Very few customers morally are also technically ready to refuse once own hardware-software providing for benefit of transition to rent model or removal of the existing systems for perimeter of the company.

NR made an attempt to meet needs and expectations of customers who are tormented with choice torments between perspective cloud computing and confidence in reliable security of internal IT infrastructure. On April 10, 2012 the company provided NR Converged Cloud which cornerstone the version of the Open source software of OpenStack developed by her specialists is. After the beta exit planned for May 10 the interested enterprises will have an opportunity to create the cloud computing architectures based on open standards. They allows to combine the companies placed in perimeter IT resources and, depending on needs and declaration of will of the certain taken customer, servers, DWH and network infrastructure of NR.

According to representatives of vendor, such approach is much more flexible and more effective than the proposals of service providers distributed until recently regardless of the status of the company and resources which are available at its order. Besides, within a hybrid cloud it is simpler to provide secure access to IT services for own employees, partners and clients. By words Shane Pearson (Shane Pearson), the vice president for product marketing of division of NR Software, today Converged Cloud is the unique offer in the market. It combines solutions for management and access to applications and services within traditional IT infrastructure and placed in a private or public cloud. Demand managed to be created, and now NR intends to satisfy it.