HP, IBM and Intel have all released new solutions to help simplify data center design and operation and cut costs.

 

HP says its critical facilities implementation service(CFI).

is aimed at lowering the cost of ownership of a data center design and build project by offering a single integrator.

 

“HP CFI is an architectural blueprint for the data center of the future that allows clients to align and share pools of interoperable resources,” it says.

 

The offering includes end-to-end critical facilities expertise, customized planning

 

Dave Cappuccio, research vice president, Gartner, said. “As customers’ data center computing requirements add complexity to the design-build process, comprehensive solutions that provide clients with an end-to-end experience will allow them to realize their plans within the required timeframe and constraints.”

 

IBM’s new offer is focused on the operations side, pitched at businesses trying to cope with heavy data center workloads.

 

The solutions include a new blade design that allows workloads on multiple hardware systems to share resources, a more efficient storage product, and the first offerings from recent acquisition Blade Network Technologies (BNT).

 

“The systems can bring new levels of data center efficiency to help clients achieve better systems management, faster deployment, and quicker response times for critical workloads,” IBM said.

 

Finally, Intel has introduced a new technology enabling all data center traffic to run over a single 10Gbps Ethernet cable.

 

“Unified networking allows IT departments to create flexible superhighways in virtualized data centers by consolidating multiple data and storage networks onto a single 10GbE network,” Intel said.

 

It says a unified 10GbE network creates a data center infrastructure that is easier to manage but can also accommodate the heavy network traffic of the cloud.

 

Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager of Intel’s data center group, said the new single cable solution would help IT departments “lower infrastructure costs by 29%, reduce power by almost 50% and cut cable costs by 80%.”