Eighty percent of IT executives say they are under more pressure to reduce costs this year than they were last year. To meet the challenges they are facing in the current climate, IT executives are looking to a number of technologies to help rein in costs and meet IT service delivery commitments.

HP and VMware have partnered to deliver a solution that lets companies provide world-class service to their users while reining in IT costs and positioning their operations for growth when the economy improves or new business opportunities arise. The solution pairs HP ProLiant sixth-generation (G6) servers, based on the Intel Xeon 5500 series processors, with VMware vSphere 4. The combination is a platform optimized for virtualization and low total cost of ownership.