HP's Helion Public Cloud will soon ride into the sunset | InfoWorld

A less cloudy future for HP/2

"It's a significant retreat for HP and comes just two weeks before the company will split itself in two parts. While rivals like IBM and Oracle continue to build out public cloud services, HP will take a tack more similar to Dell and partner to offer a choice of public cloud offerings. 

"Our customers are telling us that the lines between all the different cloud manifestations are blurring," Hilf said. "We will move to a strategic, multiple partner-based model for public cloud capabilities."

HP has already added greater support for Amazon Web Services as part of its hybrid delivery with HP Helion Eucalyptus, and it has worked with Microsoft to support Office 365 and Azure, he noted."

HP's Helion Public Cloud will soon ride into the sunset | InfoWorld