HP,Sify tie up on cloud services

HP and Sify Technologies Limited,a leading Data Center player jointly announced an agreement to power SIFY’s On-Demand cloud services using HP’s Converged Infrastructure. This will allow Sify to provide demand based computing services on a pay per use or flexible contract model. Customers using the new service will be able to accelerate time to market and reduce cost by leveraging IT services on the fly,without making substantial capital investments in technology.

Using HP’s Converged Infrastructure,Sify is now launching new cloud services including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS),Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for select applications under its On-Demand Hosting Platform. To enable this,the Blade System Matrix a product of HP’s converged infrastructure,pools together Sify’s IT resource into a highly automated and virtualized resource pool. Specific application templates have been developed to automatically provision resources for every new business requirement. Businesses users will be able to request IT services on the fly by using a self service portal powered by the HP Insight Orchestration tool,within the Blade System Matrix.

As part of the agreement HP and Sify will also leverage their network to promote these services in the SMB segment. Sify will also leverage HP’s network of ISV partners to offer applications on the cloud model.