HP enhances StorageWorks

HP has introduced virtualisation offerings that include enhancements to its StorageWorks and client virtualisation portfolios, which allow transition from a physical to a virtualised environment, reports CBROnline.

Bob Meyer, worldwide solution manager for virtualisation at HP, said, “Customers are continuously looking for new ways to simplify the deployment of virtualisation while reducing the administrative costs and complexities associated with the transition process.

“HP offers a range of solutions that allow customers to address their virtualisation needs from the desktop to the data centre.”

Lenovo has released four ThinkServers, offering small and mid-size businesses built-in virtualisation, power-saving features, and several choices of Intel Xeon 5500 series processors, states InformationWeek.

The business systems include two tower models, the TD200 and TD200x, and two rack servers, the RD210 and RD220.

Because of the new Xeon chips, the latest ThinkServers are capable of tripling the speed of their predecessors, according to Lenovo.

With India registering a 19% growth in the storage market, NetApp said it will continue to focus on Ethernet storage and cloud computing to play an active role in the storage space in India, states CXOToday.

The storage company, which registered a 20% growth in India in FY 2008 to 2009, is expecting double-digit growth during this fiscal in India.

According to Rajesh Janey, president, India and SAARC, of NetApp, storage is one sector that has not been impacted by recession and will continue to grow in India. As per IDC report, the storage industry in India is expected to touch $325 million in 2009 from $304 million in 2008.