HP Sees Enterprise Momentum for POD Modules

Data Center Knowledge (Dec 15 2011) Construction , Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

1. Enterprises are getting comfortable with containers and modular data centers, which is boosting demand for HP’s Portable Optimized Datacenter (POD) offerings, the company said today. HP is also investing to expand its production capacity for its modular units, including PODWorks facilities in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. To illustrate the growth of its POD business, HP today identified customers who have recently expanded their IT operations, including UCLA, Skoda Power, the Australian government and the city of El Paso, Texas. These customers are representative of a gradual shift in which the user base for containers and modular data centers has expanded beyond its origins in the “hyper-scale” computing community. “It’s evolved into a very nice business,” said Jon Mormile, HP’s Worldwide Product Marketing Manager for Performance-Optimized Data Centers. “The conversations have really shifted from ‘is this a solution that’s viable?’ to ‘it’s viable, but how ... (Read Full Article)

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