HP-UX 11i V3 and the HP Virtual Server Environment have been enhanced for mission-critical virtualization with significant performance improvement, automated optimization, improved protection and simplified management capabilities.

HP Virtualization Accelerator Services are new, predefined consulting services for planning, designing and implementing virtualization initiatives. This yields a faster return on investment.

"As virtualization goes mainstream in Asia Pacific, there is an increasing opportunity for companies to optimize their applications, business services and physical infrastructure to maximize virtualization investments," said Avneesh Saxena, IDC analyst. "To realize business benefits such as increased operational efficiency, companies need to focus on managing across virtual and physical environments and creating a unified virtual environment across servers, storage, I/O, and client environments."