HP Lauches into Cloud Computing with Beta Offering

Hewlett-Packard released a private, beta cloud service that includes both computing and storage capabilities on Wednesday. HP said it will open HP Cloud Compute and HP Cloud Object Storage to developers for testing and feedback, all of which is being run on HP’s network hardware. A survey in May by IBM of more than 3,000 chief information officers showed that 60 percent of them planned on embracing cloud computing within the next five years as means to grow their business. HP's entree into cloud computing is a logical move considering its massive server business, but that doesn’t mean it will be a success. "We believe that by working closely with the developer community and combining the best open source technologies with HP’s hardware and software portfolio, we can create the right mix of capabilities that deliver best customer experience," Emil Sayegh, HP's vice president of cloud services, said in a post on the company's website.