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HP has announced a new product to manage HP BladeSystem and ProLiant G7/Gen 8 infrastructure called HP OneView which is due to be released in October.

HP thinks the existing way of deploying and managing servers is built on models from 20 years ago and is in need of an update. This is certainly true particularly with HP servers despite HP having a number of tools such as HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM), HP Insight Control and HP Intelligent Provisioning.

HP OneView has been built from the ground up to simplify and speed up the server deployment and management process for servers, networking and storage. OneView runs as a self contained virtual appliance and you connect via a web browser.

HP says the user interface is a “consumer-inspired user experience” built on a “software-defined architecture” with an “open extensible platform”. HP says it has been four years in the making and has been built with the input of more than 150 of HPs biggest customers.

OneView will be a licensed product per physical server it manages starting at about £571 for a single license including three years support and updates. There will be an upgrade available from iLO Advanced, Insight Control and VCEM.

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I’ll be taking part in a Google Hangout with VMware EMEA CTO Joe Baguley and futurologist Paul Saffo tomorrow for a special VMware Google Hangout Q&A.

Joe is VMware’s EMEA CTO and a great speaker who took part in the VMworld US Day 2 keynote.

Paul is a Silicon Valley based futurologist (isn’t that a great title!) who forecasts long term change in IT. Paul moderated a panel discussion at VMworld US talking about the future of IT.

Joe and Paul will be fielding questions from a number of bloggers including myself:

• Julian Wood – WoodITWork.com – http://www.wooditwork.com
• Patrick Sauerwein – Virtual Patrick – http://virtualpatrick.wordpress.com
• David Terrar – Business Two Zero – http://biztwozero.com
• Simon Eady – Definit – http://www.definit.co.uk
• Jeremy Bowman – vSpecialist – http://www.vspecialist.co.uk

With VMware recently turning 15 and with their US and EU VMworld 2013 conferences titled Defy Convention we will be discussing technology past, present and future.

We will all be live on the Hangout and would love you to join us tomorrow, Thursday 26^th September at 14:30 BST / 15:30 CEST, on VMware EMEA’s Google+ page.

To join in, visit the Google+ page at this time and click on the video to start watching. You don’t need a Google account. If you’re not able to join live, the video will be available on VMware EMEA’s YouTube channel and on the VMware EMEA blog once the Hangout is over.

If you have any questions you want me to ask around IT innovation and the future of technology, leave a comment or get in touch via Twitter and I’ll try and include them.