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HP Expands UNIX Server and StorageWorks Portfolios to Offer Customers Greater Value and Flexibility on Standards-based Platforms
Enhancements Include Faster Release of HP-UX, Virtualization
Suites, Better Cluster Management and Tiered Storage
CHICAGO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Aug. 16, 2004—
HP (NYSE:HPQ) (Nasdaq:HPQ) today announced enhancements to its
UNIX(R) server and HP StorageWorks systems portfolios, offering
unmatched agility and value for enterprise and public sector customers
by enabling them to leverage the latest technologies on
standards-based platforms. The innovations include:
-- A faster HP-UX 11i operating environment, which now runs on
both HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers and includes new
features for running high-performance data centers and
clustered environments;
-- A new multi-OS (operating system) version of the HP Virtual
Server Environment with more fine-grained control and two
all-in-one virtualization suites that are integrated with high
availability and utility pricing for greater assurance of
service levels;
-- Enhanced HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays with the
industry's first tiered storage offerings based on a new class
of lower-cost-per-gigabyte, high-capacity Fibre Channel drives
developed by HP, Hitachi Global Storage Technology and
Seagate; and
-- AlphaServer systems with new, faster processors and price
reductions on current models.
"HP innovation builds a broad foundation for customers to choose
their own path to becoming an Adaptive Enterprise," said Ann
Livermore, executive vice president, Technology Solutions Group, HP.
"For example, HP's extraordinary achievements in UNIX with HP-UX have
paved the way for us to deliver industry-leading capabilities across
multiple operating environments. This enables customers to reduce
costs and simplify change through standardization without compromising
on agility."
Changeable infrastructure assets liberate IT capital for
innovation
To help free up information technology (IT) capital for
innovation, HP virtualization capabilities will include a multi-OS
offering for the HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) for HP Integrity
servers. HP's VSE allows enterprises to achieve a greater return on IT
investment by automatically optimizing server resource utilization in
accordance with changing business priorities. By providing unequaled
utilization and application availability solutions across multiple
operating systems, HP empowers customers with increased control of
service-level management and optimized IT environments.
"HP was one of the first companies to recognize the importance of
virtualization and is a leader in this area," said Vernon Turner,
group vice president and general manager, Enterprise Computing, IDC.
"The power of HP's virtualization strategy lies with its integrated
approach, including hardware, management software and services, to
offer a complete and flexible solution."
Additionally, HP unveiled enhancements to its VSE for HP-UX 11i,
providing more control, high availability and greater partitioning
capabilities. HP also plans to bundle its virtualization solutions
into two all-in-one VSE solution suites, which will be easy for
customers to purchase and deploy. The new virtualization capabilities
are expected to be available to customers throughout 2004 and 2005.
New HP-UX 11i v2 and EV7 processor enhancements deliver on
Integrity roadmap
HP also introduced HP-UX 11i v2 for HP 9000 and new AlphaServer
processors that simplify the transition to Integrity platforms. HP-UX
11i v2 offers a common operating system for HP 9000 and HP Integrity
servers with industry-leading data center enhancements, including
128-way support, virtualization capabilities, high availability,
disaster tolerance, hybrid clustering and up to a 25 percent
performance increase for HP 9000 customers upgrading from HP-UX 11i
v1.
BECU is the largest financial cooperative in the state of
Washington and one of the top five credit unions in the nation. It
serves more than 330,000 members worldwide and has assets of more than
$4.5 billion.
"Implementing HP-UX 11i v2 for our HP Integrity environment has
allowed us to process customer financial transactions more quickly,
reliably and accurately," said Jim Ratchford, director of IT
Infrastructure, BECU. "Our core banking system transaction processing
time has decreased 35 percent. We now have more time to make the
system available for customer transactions, and we have a more agile
core processing environment that can scale up on an as-needed basis as
our business grows."
To allow enterprises to match service levels against changing
market needs, HP-UX 11i v2 also includes improvements to HP
Serviceguard software, the foundation of HP's high-availability and
business continuity solutions. Serviceguard enhancements include
faster failover to maximize application availability, the ability to
mix HP 9000 and Integrity servers within a cluster, and improved
cluster management for simplified and secure confirmation and
role-based management.
HP has also added performance enhancements to the AlphaServer
product line with new EV7z and faster EV7 processors, providing Tru64
UNIX and OpenVMS customers with a cost-competitive platform. More
information about the server portfolio solutions is available at
www.hp.com/go/businessvalue.
Innovative HP StorageWorks SAN solutions increase value, eliminate
barriers to entry
HP also announced the availability of the industry's first storage
area network (SAN) arrays to integrate an innovative new class of
hybrid disk drives called Fibre Attached Technology Adapted. Developed
by HP, Hitachi Global Storage Technology and Seagate, and designed
specifically for Fibre Channel arrays, the innovative, industry-first
drive technology, branded as FATA drives by HP, has been integrated
into the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) family to
address the growing need for businesses to cost-effectively store less
critical or infrequently accessed information in a more economical
fashion.
FATA drives utilize lower-cost, higher-capacity disk drive
mechanisms and a Fibre Channel interface to deliver nearly 50 percent
lower cost-per-gigabyte storage when compared with conventional
enterprise-class drives.(1) The combination of lower-cost FATA drives
and higher-performance enterprise-class drives within the same device
provides customers with the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of
low-cost tiered storage while protecting the investment in their
existing SAN infrastructure.
HP also introduced the HP StorageWorks EVA3000 Starter Kit, a
2-gigabyte Fibre Channel SAN array bundle that integrates hardware,
management software and specialized services to enable simple and
cost-effective first-time SAN implementation. The EVA3000 Starter Kit
provides first-time SAN customers with a fully functional and highly
expandable array solution with all-in-one pricing and packaging. The
bundled solution drives down the total solution cost for customers and
virtually eliminates the need to custom build the solution from
scratch.
More information about the solutions and services described in
this announcement and HP World 2004 is available at
www.hp.com/go/innovation2004.
About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and
institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure,
personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and
printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended July 31, 2004, HP revenue
totaled $78.4 billion. More information about HP is available at
www.hp.com.
(1) Aberdeen Group, "Tech Edge, Storage Networking World Online,"
March 2004.
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