What do customers look for in a cloud provider?

Lots of vendors are talking about cloud but when it comes to choosing a provider, what are customers really looking for?

Advice

Removing the barriers to the cloud

Some CIOs are still resisting the move to the cloud, what are the obstacles that still lie in the way and how can they be removed?

Users are shaking off security concerns to turn to cloud

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Following the live Q&A, HP's David Chalmers spoke further about some of the themes that emerged from readers' questions

What are the benefits of cloud bursting?

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Cloud-bursting provides an opportunity for organisations to expand its IT resources as they are needed. What are the implications?

Cloud deployment means time is ripe for open source

Open source has garnered publicity from the launch of OpenStack. But what are the limitations of the community contribution model and when is an open approach the right one?

Live Q&A with HP's Dave Chalmers

A transcript of the question and answer session with HP's CTO of servers, storage and networking

What do customers look for in a cloud provider?

Lots of vendors are talking about cloud but when it comes to choosing a provider, what are customers really looking for?

What is HP's view of today's cloud market?

With so many conflicting notions of what constitutes cloud computing, how does one leading vendor view the cloud landscape?

What is HP's vision for the private cloud?

The cloud market is a confused one: how does HP distinguish itself from the competition?

What is HP's vision for the public cloud?

Despite security concerns, customers have started to look at public cloud offerings. HP is looking to tap into that interest with its own launch

Asset management in the cloud- keeping track of your hardware

Asset management in the cloud only works if organisations start in the right place. What are the problems?

How hybrid cloud will make enterprises more agile

Hybrid cloud is the way that enterprises of the future will become more agile - why will it make a difference?

What is a private cloud?

Cloud Pro's Manek Dubash offers an insight into the pros and cons of the private cloud. Would it suit your company?

Security: is it the cloud's biggest challenge?

Surveys suggest that security is the biggest barrier to cloud adoption. But is it actually the case and, if so, why?

Managing the cloud

Having decided to use a cloud infrastructure, how do you manage it to ensure that you maximise the benefits while minimising costs?

News

HP introduces private cloud beta

HP is set to take on Amazon with the launch of a new private cloud service

HP offers federation for virtualised storage

Peer Motion software, from HP and 3PAR, aims to ease the move from disk to cloud storage.

Products

HP Enterprise Cloud Services-Compute

Enterprise Cloud Services-Compute offers businesses computational services using HP’s data centres using their preferred cloud platform.

HP CloudService Automation

HP’s cloud deployment Software-as-a-Service offering, CloudService Automation offers an integrated package of cloud-building hardware, software and services.