A new style of IT is emerging.  Cloud computing is fundamentally changing the way people live and work. And just like client/server did, the changes will significantly impact Information technology – people, processes and technology.

Enterprises have been steadily embracing private and managed cloud environments and are increasingly finding use cases for the public cloud. We are past the point of the cloud being limited to shadow IT and startups.

Written by Frances Guida

Last week, more than 9,000 people gathered in Frankfurt for HP Discover 2012 to learn the latest about industry trends and how they can leverage HP solutions to drive their business objectives.  Cloud computing is one of the most important trends.  It’s enabling organizations to transform their business, using a mix of private, public, and managed clouds, alongside traditional IT.  For those who couldn’t join us in Frankfurt, HP’s Frances Guida shares her perspective on the key takeaways Discover attendees had about cloud in this short video. 

For more insights from HP and how we can help your organization take full advantage of the opportunities that cloud computing brings, visit us at www.hp.com/go/cloud. 

Chris

For more information on HP Converged Cloud visit www.hp.com/go/cloud

Follow me in Twitter @HPCloudSystem

Join the Cloud Advisors discussions on LinkedIn

HP recognizes the significance of cloud for business and is committed to helping you on your cloud journey. To help reduce risk, improve success and simplify your cloud journey experience, HP is providing an exclusive opportunity. The HP Converged Cloud Accelerator Pack is available for a limited time, exclusively to participants who attend HP Discover 2012 in Frankfurt. 

I read an interesting article just after HP Discover in Las Vegas titled Turn out the lights HP Discover is over, written by a friend and HP colleague of mine called Calvin Zito. If you follow Calvin, you will find he is a very pervasive writer that lives and breathes anything storage. His article came up for discussion yesterday during a meeting, which triggered a reminder to me that even though HP Discover was over, from the Cloud perspective, we left the lights on for you.

At HP Discover 2012 you’ll get direct access to all the leading Cloud subject matter experts from HP, HP Partners and peers, to help answer and address the most challenging technical questions related to Converged Cloud security, application and cloud services, HP CloudSystem,  application lifecycle management, cloud virtualization, networking, etc. 

HP recently announced the Converged Cloud strategy and common architecture, based on open standards and multi-vendor, heterogeneous software and hardware support. Learn the core technologies that will power, store and connect tomorrow’s hybrid clouds in our Master the Cloud series of sessions at HP Discover, as well as learn how to create the business case, roadmap and to avoid security risks across private, public or hybrid clouds. 

Leverage thousands of HP and customer hours of experience and best known methods for building and managing cloud services with HP cloud solutions and services at HP Discover Las Vegas 2012.

It’s hard to believe that a week has already gone by and the big HP Discover event in Vienna is now history. As what typically happens when you attend these events in person, is that it is very hard to know if we are actually providing good social media coverage or not. So, if I was not able to attend and were just following the event from another location, were we providing adequate coverage?

HP Discover's third day indicates we are at the end. Or is it the beginning of something else?

If you are getting a chance to go to HP Discover, here’s an interesting session to look out for. It's about a company called FICO that successfully implemented a 90 day transition into the Cloud using HP CloudSystem Matrix.

If you are going to HP Discover this year and are interested in new Cloud develops, there will be a lot of interesting things in store for you. On the exhibit floor you will find 9 specific Cloud demos in the Cloud Zone. These demos are made up of where to start your journey to the cloud with CloudStart, (a fully comprehensive, fixed rate, 30 day program to Cloud.)