HP’s ARM-based Moon Shot Linux server now in SL : Country Head
A new HP server product, Moon Shot, is already available in Sri Lanka, the company’s Sri Lanka Country Manager Shiran Perera recently revealed. Featuring multiple ARM processor chipsets, which are typically more readily available in smartphones, these new HP server are not only small, but also the most ‘green’ servers to date, offering a minimum of 30 per cent savings in terms of costs,
Vijay Balan, General Manager and Managing Director for HP’s Asia Emerging Countries addressing the HP Partner Summit
compared to traditional servers, and a reduction of up to 50 per cent in operating expenditures. However, Mr. Perera also noted that, currently, these servers were only available for the Linux operating system, which made them best suited for web-based functionality that was mostly run on Linux-based servers. Also, he commented that HP would have Windows servers in this product range available soon.
Speaking at the recently concluded HP Partner Summit, Mr. Perera also commented that HP was the largest seller of computers locally in terms of revenues and volumes. He noted that the closest competitor to his position was IBM, with Dell far behind because it was only offering infrastructure based services otherwise. He also revealed that his closest competitor (IBM) had less than 50 per cent of HP’s revenues. He also added that, in terms of data centre technology and laptops, HP was number one in terms of sales, with the private sector being HP’s main customer overall.
Further, Mr. Perera also opined that Sri Lanka had not got the proper cloud yet, as those that he considered, typically, to be the main proponents for adoption of the cloud, the telcos, had not yet fully utilised the cloud. He further noted that, so far, the main telcos in Sri Lanka were still only evaluating the cloud as of now.
Additionally, according to Vijay Balan, the Singapore-based General Manager and Managing Director for HP’s Asia Emerging Countries (AEC) region, the hot properties for HP in the coming months were Big Data, Mobility, the Cloud and Security.
He also revealed that Sri Lanka was of special interest because of its positive mood compared to the rest of the region, and he further commented that there were plans taking shape for this country to service other AEC markets, which encompassed all other South Asian countries, except for India. He also noted that, in keeping this plan, the local HP office was currently looking at building a bigger team locally, and especially hiring management trainees and graduates of tertiary educational institutes.
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