Increased software support for heterogeneous environments

HP has expanded its support for heterogeneous management of virtualized systems via VMware vSphere 4 environments with offerings in the HP Business Technology Optimization (BTO) software portfolio. With HP, customers can extend their existing management systems to better automate, manage and protect their vSphere physical and virtual environments. HP currently supports VMware vSphere 4 with the HP Data Protector offering and plans to support VMware vSphere 4 across the company's Business Service Automation, Business Service Management and IT Service Management software portfolios.

HP said is to have the largest number of VMware-certified professionals supporting heterogeneous environments, so customers can deploy and manage large-scale virtualization implementations with better business outcomes.

HP VMware Support and Education Services help customers efficiently migrate from VMware Infrastructure 3 to VMware vSphere 4 and offer best-practice consolidation and virtualization recommendations. HP also offers installation and startup services and customized training as well as direct access to the HP Response Center for software technical support.

HP is reportedly the largest global VMware Authorized Training partner and HP's VMware Authorized Training Center is the first to train more than 17,000 students on VMware. With the combination of HP's global presence, remote training delivery infrastructure and expertise with the VMware platform, HP offers effective programs for a broad range of VMware products.