HP recently provided an overview of their cloud strategy, which it calls HP Converged Cloud. HP Converged Cloud consists of HP’s cloud architecture, as well as the hardware, software and services necessary to implement and manage HP’s standard cloud delivery options: public, private, managed (by HP) private and hybrid cloud options. With its cloud architecture [...]
As Linux on x86 systems was gaining the predominant share of the market, IBM’s Linux on Power experienced limited success. Today, Linux is the fastest growing OS in the world that alone makes the Linux marketplace a much more interesting and substantial opportunity. Read the rest here: IBM Launches bid to increase demand for Linux [...]
Commentary by Bill Moran and Rich Ptak The recently announced 5% drop in Oracle’s HW revenues (continuing a drop that began with the Sun acquisition) once again casts doubts on its future as a hardware vendor. Before acquiring Sun, Oracle claimed the hardware division would be profitable in a very short time. We’re still waiting. [...]