HP: Why an Open Cloud Matters

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Sean Michael Kerner
Nov 1, 2012

Zorawar ‘Biri’ Singh, SVP Converged Cloud and HP Cloud Services, has some big responsibilities. Singh is responsible for HP’s cloud efforts, which increasingly involve the open source OpenStack platform.

The importance of an open approach for the cloud is a key tenant of HP’s cloud strategy overall. According to Singh, what customers are really looking for in the cloud is a single management backplane and an environment through which they can provision, secure and build services.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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