Comments on: HP, Microsoft Buddy Up for Cloud Computing

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Microsoft Pushes Private Cloud Agenda with Hyper-V Cloud Services: Cloud « — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:01:08 +0000

[...] and System Center on HP’s BladeMatrix converged-infrastructure system. Microsoft already has cloud computing partnerships with HP and Dell, so their involvement shouldn’t be at all [...]

By: Jim Warner

Jim Warner — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:04:06 +0000

At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, what else is new. This is totally in keeping with the way most suppliers view the market. But history has shown that eventually, the need for openness will win out. I have no problem with suppliers collaborating to optimize certain things but not to the extent it creates proprietary lock-in. This is why we launched the Enterprise Cloud Buyers Council (ECBC) last month. It gives users an ability to amplify their voice and speak as one.

By: Eyam

Eyam — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:49:15 +0000

2010 is going to be a year of plenty marriages and many broken marriages in the ICT industry the big guys will at all cost outshine smaller companies.

By: Nick Werstiuk

Nick Werstiuk — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:32:03 +0000

Stacey, as you point out, the “holy grail” is creating data centers that are both performance and resource aware. This is strikingly similar to the old notion of “grid” computing, something that Platform Computing has been doing for years. Ideally, private clouds should provide IT and end users ways to manage, allocate and share resources across workloads that maximize the entire infrastructure—in other words, as you say “work like a computer.” Given spend levels for enterprise apps, that management layer is now a strategic and important element of the cloud equation. Cloud users must ask themselves whether they’re taking control of their architectures, designing for portability and evolving their IT infrastructures to “work like a computer” and whether they’re avoiding lock-in to any particular camp

By: Bill C.

Bill C. — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:20:32 +0000

I personally am a bit concerned about this whole "cloud computing" thing, I use it on my new droid. Its frustrating when I, either by choice, or circumstance need to use apps on my phone with out cloud availability. There needs to be some sort of meeting of the two for convenience to the user of both. I understand cloud computing satisfies the Internet Moguls, and they don't have my attention when I'm not online, nor can they advertise, thus no money. Its not about them its about the user.

By: Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard Deal: The Cloud is not Cheap | Enbeeone3 : A Freelancer

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:22:09 +0000

[...] Stacey Higginbotham of GigaOm makes an excellent point in asking if optimization is the new code word for proprietary systems. There’s a danger in that for customers as it can lead to vendor lock-in. [...]

By: Ethan Bauley

Ethan Bauley — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:48:46 +0000

Disclosure on my comment above: I am with HP Corporate Communications...apologies for any confusion.

Regards,

Ethan Hewlett-Packard epb at hp dot com

By: Ethan Bauley

Ethan Bauley — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:37:50 +0000

Stacey, there is a very interesting conversation happening among vendors and the near-term practicality of the “inter-cloud” over on an HP blog, definitely recommend checking it out:

http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/nextbigthingeds/archive/2010/01/06/pursuit-of-the-intercloud-is-premature.aspx

“The standards that are important will enable clients to avoid service-provider lock-in, thus driving competition and improved services. The focus of integration should be integration between business applications and services using Internet protocols.”

By: DemiGuru

DemiGuru — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:01:54 +0000

I can't help but wonder, if this essentially implies the beginning of the end to SysAdmins as we know them. It implies to me that down the line SysAdmins would become obsolete – since companies will be able to buy a SQL server or an Exchange server, no configuration needed since it will be ready out of the box. Whether it be hosted or in-house. As mentioned in the article the hardware would be aware of the application it is running. Just my $0.2.

By: Coté's People Over Process » Microsoft and HP: Data-center BFFs – Quick Analysis

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:05:17 +0000

[...] Stacey Higginbotham’s initial Twitter reaction probably sum up what most people will think. Stacy’s GigaOm piece covers the 6 pronged partnership and spells out cloud lock-in angle [...]