Stephen Withers
Monday, 19 April 2010 23:01
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Hitachi Data Systems' new unified compute platform will make it easier for service providers to take advantage of cost savings made possible by the economies of scale provided by cloud-scale environments.
Hitachi Data Systems' new unified compute platform (UCP) is a turnkey solution for service providers that covers servers, storage, network infrastructure and applications, Adrian de Luca, director, presales and solutions for Australia and New Zealand told iTWire.
A key differentiation from other players in the market is that UCP includes orchestration software to simplify infrastructure management to the extent of providing a self-service portal for the end user. That orchestration layer will also include an SLA engine to automate systems management in order to deliver services according to the SLA.
The initial release will focus on Microsoft software, including Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008, System Center, and Hyper-V. More diversity is planned, and "VMware will be the first cab off the rank," said Tim Smith, senior marketing manager for Australia and New Zealand.
HDS is providing the necessary infrastructure as a service to service providers (SPs), not directly to end users. Different SPs are expected to address the needs of different sized clients in various vertical markets, including government.
The model offered by HDS scales up and down: the more you need (performance, storage, etc), the more it costs. Smith pointed to a survey that found 52% or organisations were unable to change their IT environments to adjust to the global downturn, and observed that the UCP model also accommodates seasonality.
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