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HP Launches a New Class of Servers for Social, Mobile, Cloud, and Big Data
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(OPEN):
THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF SOCIAL-, MOBILE-, CLOUD-, AND BIG-DATA COULD
SOON BE RESTRICTED BY THE VERY THING THAT ENABLES IT--INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND, IF NOTHING'S DONE TO ADDRESS THIS FUNDAMENTAL I-T-ISSUE,
INTERNET-INFRASTRUCTURE MAY FALL SHORT. THAT'S ACCORDING TO
HEWLETT-PACKARD--WHICH HAS JUST UNVEILED A LINE OF SERVERS TO
HELP THE INTERNET KEEP UP WITH FUTURE DEMAND. DAVE DONATELLI
IS THE EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT OF H-P'S "ENTERPRISE GROUP"...
(DONATELLI):
"MOST OF US
DON'T GIVE MUCH THOUGHT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ENABLES OUR
INTERNET-USE. IN FACT, NEARLY 10-BILLION DEVICES ARE
CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET TODAY. BY 2016, THE NUMBER OF SERVERS
[THAT WILL BE] NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE WORLD'S GROWING INTERNET-USE IS
EXPECTED TO REACH EIGHT-[MILLION] TO 10-MILLION: IF
THE DATA-CENTERS THAT HOUSE THEM WERE STRUNG END-TO-END, THEY WOULD SPAN
THE LENGTH OF 'MANHATTAN ISLAND'--AND [WOULD] NEED 10 NEW POWER-PLANTS,
TO SUPPORT THEM. WE'VE REACHED A POINT-IN-TIME WHERE THE SPACE,
POWER, AND COST TO SUPPORT OUR DATA-USE CAN NO LONGER BE SUSTAINED BY
TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGY. NOW, HEWLETT-PACKARD IS REDEFINING
TECHNOLOGY-INFRASTRUCTURE AS WE KNOW IT: H-P'S 'MOONSHOT'-SERVERS
TAKE UP 80-PERCENT LESS SPACE, USE 89-PERCENT LESS ENERGY, REDUCE COST
BY 77-PERCENT, AND REDUCE COMPLEXITY BY 97-PERCENT--PROVIDING THE
FOUNDATION FOR THE NEXT 20-BILLION DEVICES. UNTIL NOW, THE
WORLD HAS ASSUMED THAT THE INTERNET WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH
RISING DEMAND. AND, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF H-P'S 'MOONSHOT',
WE'RE KEEPING IT THAT WAY."
(CLOSE):
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
"H-P"-DOT-COM.
