HP Strengthens Scale-out Computing Portfolio Boosting Customer Data Center Performance, Flexibility

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HP (NYSE:HPQ) today launched servers, storage, software and networking offerings that deliver new levels of infrastructure performance and efficiency, enabling customers to accelerate business innovation.

The new offerings include the HP ProLiant G6 blade along with "skinless" server technology, storage, software and interconnect/networking offerings optimized for Web 2.0, cloud and high-performance computing (HPC) environments. These extend the HP Extreme Scale-Out (ExSO) portfolio, introduced in June, which is designed to reduce customers' total cost of ownership and increase data center capacity.

"The ExSO portfolio was created to meet the demanding needs of scale-out as well as high-performance computing customers that require highly efficient and powerful computing infrastructures," said Steve Cumings, director of Marketing for the Scalable Computing and Infrastructure organization at HP. "We will continue to add to this portfolio, delivering innovative solutions based on our deep understanding of scale-out data centers and enabling our customers to gain more value from their infrastructure."

HP products drive higher performance

As space, energy and cost constraints continue to challenge the growth of scale-out customers, HP is delivering scale-out technology offerings that address these factors without sacrificing performance: