HP launches consulting and support services for software-defined infrastructure

HP has launched expanded consulting and support services to help customers as they transition to the New Style of IT. HP experts in Technology Services now offer new consulting services for software-defined infrastructure and new support services. HP Technology Consulting Services help customers manage their dynamic IT environments using a unified view of both physical and virtual resources, according to the company. [caption id=“attachment_2012157” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Reuters[/caption] Organisations will be able to take the needed steps for necessary transformations to the new architectural, technical, operational, security, governance models, and processes to support bimodal IT environments. The consulting services include HP Transformation Workshop for SDI which enables to develop IT transformation strategy, accelerate stakeholder consensus and explore the transformation journey towards software-defined infrastructure. The services define current and future state solution and build the roadmap of projects for each domain (IT infrastructure, people and process) to bridge the capability gaps. HP Architecture & Design Service for SDI that speed-up design and architectural process leveraging the company’s SDI reference architecture, map existing product investment to the architecture. HP Datacenter Care is a relationship-based approach to personalised support and management of heterogeneous data centers. Datacenter Care now offers support for two-speed IT platforms, including advanced cloud environments running on HP Helion OpenStack. HP Flexible Capacity now includes support for the ConvergedSystem portfolio for SAP HANA. This expanded offering provides customers an on-premise infrastructure with public cloud, pay-as-you-go economics with the ability to scale based on evolving needs.