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December 31st, 2009

HP c-Class BladeSystem Updates for December 2009

From all of us at Zunesis, have a great holiday season and a happy new year…

c-Class BladeSystem updates and products

Converged Infrastructure – HP is introducing some new concepts to help match the supply of IT resources with the demand for business applications. The converged infrastructure needs to break down the technology silos and bring all IT resources together into adaptive pools of assets that can be shared by many applications and managed as a service. This solution brings together management tools, policies, and processes so resources can be managed in a holistic, integrated manner. It also brings together power and cooling practices so systems and facilities work synergistically to extend the life of the data center. A Converged Infrastructure has five overarching requirements. It is virtualized, resilient, orchestrated, optimized, and modular. More information can be found at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/solutions/converged/main.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

HP’s Converged Infrastructure Roadshow is coming to Denver, January 26 and 27 if you are interested. The registration site is www.hp.com/go/ciroadshow

FlexFabric is another new term from HP. HP FlexFabric is a virtualized, high-performance, low latency network that consolidates Ethernet and storage networks onto a single fabric to dramatically lower network complexity and cost. HP FlexFabric moves network intelligence away from the core switches and closer to the application, thereby simplifying complex hierarchical network infrastructures. It improves flexibility and resource utilization by connecting physical resources to the network once, and then dynamically remapping connections based on application requirements. This unique, wire-once approach enables your organization to easily flex connections and performance to meet changes in workload demand through a single management console. More information on FlexFabric can be found at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/solutions/converged/flexfabric.html

Industry analyst firm Gartner, has rated HP as the clear industry leader in Blade Servers – Just announced: the first Blade Server Magic Quadrant report from Gartner, released October 6, 2009, places HP in the Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Blade Servers. Gartner is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. HP believes that with this report, Gartner has reinforced the pivotal market role of blade servers and their significant growth expectations in the coming years. HP’s placement in the report represents our “ability to execute” combined with our “completeness of vision.”.

HP Virtual Connect for Dummies booklet

This booklet explains how you can simplify your data center, lower costs and save time. It covers the basics of networking first, then Virtual Connect product family and Flex-10 technology. Get the lowdown on HP Virtual Connect benefits and what it can do for you.

HP Virtual Connect, click on book picture, complete registration

If you would like any additional information on any of these topics, please let us know.

Convenient Blade Links

Don’t forget about the links that contain all information about the HP BladeSystem solutions.

You can always go to http://www.hp.com/go/blades

HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure technologies—provides a detailed look at the BladeSystem c7000 enclosure http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00816246/c00816246.pdf

HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure technologies—provides a detailed look at the BladeSystem c3000 enclosure http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01204885/c01204885.pdf

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