Business Director Technology Solutions Group, Asia Emerging Countries, HP Enterprise Server and Storage, Danny Tay, and Business Director Technology Solutions Group, South East Asia, HP Storage Works Division, Bernard Chitty were in Sri Lanka last week.

Addressing the press, what they said centered around long -term savings that could be expected subject to server investments.

Also on the speakers list was Account Technology Specialist, EPG-Microsoft Sri Lanka, Dhanusha Muthukumarana.

Both Danny Tay, and Bernard Chitty waxed eloquent on savings that could accrue subject to server investments in HP up-dated technology. Both visitors from Singapore did cause quite some ripples in their hi-tech dissertation introducing Next Generation HP Proliant servers & Storage alternatives.

Throughout both presentations, insistence on long-term savings were stressed factors. But they invariably glossed over initial investments in terms of hard cash.

However, at question time Bernard Chitty said Server investments could be in excess of $50,000 . Justifying such investments for long-term savings he could not effectively declare time frames applicable, say, from projections of day 1 to an expected break- even period.

One other question, that was not effectively answered was the incidence of a hacker worming into a system. Here too responses were hi-tech to a level that may have superseded most Computer technologists and participants present; that the answer was more confusing than enlightening.

All told, however, effectiveness of both presentations were innovative initiatives introduced as ‘left – hand’ options and inherent speeds applicable. More importantly add-on features as feasible antecedents facilitated server expansion at reduced costs.

Questions on HP’s influence in Singapore revealed at the last Communic- Asia sessions, and Singapore projections in 2015, were also part of press questions to both Bernard Chitty and Danny Tay.

Chitty was enthusiastic answering this question. He said HP was constantly looking at systems progress, and they were a major contributory factor to realize the Singapore futures focuses on computer action for most daily chores from household applications and appliances computer driven, to that in the office also computer driven; but the difference being a paperless atmosphere.

Country Manager, Technology solutions group, Chrishan Fernando introducing sessions said newest technology supporting server systems would be revealed during ensuing sessions,.

Over riding messages delivered was that HP innovations were actively installed in many institutions, particularly banks.

Banks did have need for effective storage capacity a minimum period of 30 years, Could HP servers have required space for such information savings and access? Here again an enthusiastic response was that HP could deliver. Not merely deliver, but effectively so at speed and accuracy. He said these are areas of constant innovation and on-going technological improvements investigated for efficient delivery at any level of demand.

Bridging the gap between data explosion and storage infrastructure could face daunting challenges for data storage, said Bernard Chitty. It would not only require immediate access to exploding volumes of data but also subject to government regulations and corporate governance.

To cope with such restrictive influences he said HP’s Storageworks family of disc arrays reduces these complexities..

Additionally Blade Systems, and reduced power utilization usage was advantageous and savings talked of originally could be feasible within a period of approximately two to three years.