A month ago, industry analyst firm IDC ranked HP number one in the worldwide blade server factory and units shipped. Just what is it that has catapulted the IT major to the pinnacle of success in the blade server technology?Innovation, says Tony Parkinson, Vice President and General Manager, Industry Standard Servers, Hewlett-Packard Asia-Pacific and Japan. HP’s recent launch – Virtual Connect – has been touted as a breakthrough virtual Input/Output technology for its BladeSystem. However, its adoption, by the industry particularly by the small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), remains to be tested over time.
With over 20 years of hands-on experience in IT, Tony Parkinson has quite a repository of information on blade servers, cooling technology, business momentum in the region, etc.. In an interaction with me and Ashwini R, Tony explains HP’s Virtual Connect technology and how the technology helps HP to gain over the competitors
Excerpts from an interview:
CIOL: There has quite a bit of hype generated by HP around Virtual Connect as a new technology. Tell us about it and how it will change the the way networks talk to each other.
