May, 2003 : Bill Gates Showcases Data Center Concept
📅 - In his keynote address yesterday at the 12th annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, Microsoft (microsoft.com) chairman Bill Gates showcased the concept of a Dynamic Data Center (DDC) jointly developed with Hewlett-Packard (hp.com).
This DDC features HP servers, software, storage and networking hardware connected on a prescribed network architecture. Microsoft software will dynamically assign, provision and centrally manage the DDC resources.
The concept is a significant milestone in Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI) and represents the companies' long-term collaboration to enable customers to harness the power of industry-standard hardware, maximize the value of their information technology systems, and achieve new levels of simplicity and automation, the company reports.
"The software architecture underlying the Dynamic Data Center is a critical innovation that can greatly simplify IT operations while helping customers use high-volume, low-cost, industry-standard hardware more effectively," said Jim Allchin, group vice president of the Platforms Division at Microsoft. "Larger workloads can get additional resources on the fly, and smaller ones only consume the resources they need. We are committed to leading the charge on the Dynamic Systems Initiative, and we're very happy to have industry-leading vendors like HP alongside us to help deliver integrated hardware and software solutions supporting this effort."
Shane Robison, executive vice president and chief strategy and technology officer at HP, echoed the sentiment. "This is an exciting day for us - and for the industry overall - as the Dynamic Data Center is a key step forward for the Dynamic Systems Initiative. We are very pleased with the joint efforts that have taken place with Microsoft, and we look forward to continuing this collaboration well into the future."
The Dynamic Data Center concept from Microsoft and HP is the result of more than a year of collaborative efforts between the two companies.
This DDC features HP servers, software, storage and networking hardware connected on a prescribed network architecture. Microsoft software will dynamically assign, provision and centrally manage the DDC resources.
The concept is a significant milestone in Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI) and represents the companies' long-term collaboration to enable customers to harness the power of industry-standard hardware, maximize the value of their information technology systems, and achieve new levels of simplicity and automation, the company reports.
"The software architecture underlying the Dynamic Data Center is a critical innovation that can greatly simplify IT operations while helping customers use high-volume, low-cost, industry-standard hardware more effectively," said Jim Allchin, group vice president of the Platforms Division at Microsoft. "Larger workloads can get additional resources on the fly, and smaller ones only consume the resources they need. We are committed to leading the charge on the Dynamic Systems Initiative, and we're very happy to have industry-leading vendors like HP alongside us to help deliver integrated hardware and software solutions supporting this effort."
Shane Robison, executive vice president and chief strategy and technology officer at HP, echoed the sentiment. "This is an exciting day for us - and for the industry overall - as the Dynamic Data Center is a key step forward for the Dynamic Systems Initiative. We are very pleased with the joint efforts that have taken place with Microsoft, and we look forward to continuing this collaboration well into the future."
The Dynamic Data Center concept from Microsoft and HP is the result of more than a year of collaborative efforts between the two companies.
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