The HP Converged Infrastructure strategy, portfolio, and unique and proven architectural framework helps you effectively align IT supply to better meet business demand. This is achieved by creating an environment in which resources are dynamically provisioned efficiently and automatically. Based on modular system design and open standards, you can take your current investments into the future at your own pace. And by transitioning away from the traditional, product-centric approach to a model that manages IT infrastructure as a service, you can accelerate standardization, reduce operational costs and deliver better business results.

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Achieving the benefits of a converged infrastructure requires the following core attributes:

1. Virtualized pools of servers, storage, networking
2. Resiliency built into the hardware, software, and operating environment
3. Orchestration through highly automated resources to deliver an application aligned according to policies
4. Optimized to support widely changing workloads and different applications and usage models
5. Modular components built on open standards to more easily upgrade systems and scale capacity