HP breidt investering in OpenStack Cloud Services voor Galway R&D Operation uit

Deze investering in Galway is een onderdeel van de plannen van het bedrijf om het wereldwijde bereik van de HP Helion portfolio van cloud-producten en diensten uit te breiden. Het HP Cloud Research en Development (R&D) team in Galway heeft een grote rol gespeeld in het leveren van HP’s public cloud ,een van de grootste-OpenStack gebaseerde public clouds in de wereld. Het uitgebreide R&D team gaat zich richten op het bouwen van het HP Helion portfolio van cloud-producten en diensten, ook op basis van OpenStack technologie en Cloud Foundry™. HP Helion stelt organisaties in staat om workloads in hybride IT omgevingen te bouwen, te beheren en te gebruiken.

Onderdeel van deze investering is ondermeer een toevoeging van ongeveer 100 high-tech banen aan het HP cloud R&D team in Galway. De nieuwe banen worden ondersteund door de overheid via de IDA Ireland. De nieuwe werknemers gaan HP haar zakelijke klanten helpen met cloud-planning, implementatie en operationele behoeften. Ook zullen zij ook actief lid worden van de OpenStack community, om een bijdrage te leveren aan: blauwdrukken, nieuwe codes, bug fixes en code reviews. Verder zullen de nieuwe werknemers ook snel met zakelijke HP klanten gaan zitten voor om te kijken naar de inzet van OpenStack clouds.

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“Today’s announcement that HP is creating 100 additional jobs in Galway is a boost for Ireland and for the ICT sector in particular,” said Enda Kenny, T.D., An Taoiseach of Ireland, during a visit to HP’s global headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. “HP has consistently invested in and believed in Ireland over the past forty years. Today, the company is one of Ireland’s most valued investors and one of our foremost creators of highly skilled R&D jobs. ICT is a sector which we have specifically targeted as part of our Action Plan for Jobs and we have put in place measures to support jobs growth in this area. As a government, we are determined to keep making the changes to support further growth in the coming years.”

“Our customers are looking for open solutions, and to be able to create, deploy and manage IT workloads in hybrid cloud environments,” said Mark Gantly, managing director, HP Galway. “The technologies being developed here in our Galway R&D facility are at the forefront of HP’s OpenStack-based Helion program and will play a key role in future development of global cloud services from HP.”

“HP has been one of the largest and most significant investors in Ireland Inc, for the past 40 years,” said Barry O’Leary, chief executive officer, IDA Ireland. “Today’s announcement is another vote of confidence in Ireland’s ability to both provide and attract a strong technical workforce.”

HP has been a significant investor in R&D in Ireland in recent years. Today’s announcement also comes on the back of recent investments by HP in Belfast, where the company located its Global Centre of Software Engineering Excellence in 2012, as well as R&D investments in HP’s Leixlip facility.

HP’s premier America’s client event, HP Discover, takes place June 10-12 in Las Vegas.

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